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# Outlook 2013 mark email as read
- URL: https://irishdotnet.dev/outlook-2013-mark-email-as-read/
- Published: 2013-10-11T14:08:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-05T07:25:01.000Z
- Author: Richard Reddy
- Tags: General

I really like using Outlook 2013 but there was one niggly little issue that was annoying me.

Everytime I viewed an email and it displayed in the Viewing Pane the email was still marked as unread. To mark it as read I had to either right click on it to mark it as read or click onto another email.

I didn't like either of these solutions so I went looking for an option to mark an email as read as soon as I viewed it in the reading pane.

In *Outlook 2013* click on the blue 'File' option in the top left corner.

- Select Options and choose Advanced.
- Select Reading Pane from the Outlook Panes section.
- Tick the box "Mark items as read when viewed in the Reading Pane".
- If you want to mark as read instantly set the seconds box value to 0.

For *Outlook 2007* it's slightly different:

- Go to Tools -> Options and Other tab.
- Click on Reading Pane under Outlook Panes.
- Tick the box and set the seconds value as in the above example.