Click Choose a default or the current default mail client under Email.
Gear icon: The menu item may display as a mere gear sign initially. To set up Microsoft Outlook (from Microsoft 365, as part of Office or as a stand-alone application) the default email program on Windows 10: Here’s how: Click the existing default or Choose a default for the protocol or file type, select Outlook and click Set default. For each file type and protocol, select Outlook as the default.The right Outlook: Outlook for Windows and Outlook for Microsoft 365 both appear as Outlook, but only the latter is the Office application you can tell them apart by their icon, which corresponds to the icon you see in the taskbar or Start menu for the app. Click Outlook under Set defaults for applications.Windows keyboard shortcut: Press Windows I to open Windows settings directly. Open the Settings app using the Windows Start menu.To make Microsoft Outlook the default mail client for reading and writing email on Windows 11:
