Outlook
lets you create additional folders to help you organize your messages, contacts, tasks, and notes. For example, you can create a folder for personal e-mail messages that you keep separate from your work messages.
Important
If you create a new folder under a
Microsoft Exchange accountAn account managed by Microsoft Exchange Server. Microsoft Exchange
accounts are used by organizations with many users. They make it possible to synchronize e‑mail, calendars, and contacts between multiple computers.
folder, the new folder will also sync with the Exchange server.
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In the
navigation paneThe left pane of the main Outlook
window. In Mail view, the navigation pane displays the folder list. In Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, and Notes views, the navigation pane lets you show and hide items from your category list., click Mail 
, Contacts 
, Tasks 
, or Notes 
.
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In the navigation pane, select the folder under which the new folder will be saved.
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On the Organize tab, click New Folder.
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In the navigation pane, type a name for the new folder.
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As an alternative to having multiple folders, you can organize your
itemsUnits of information in Outlook, such as e-mail messages, calendar events, contacts, tasks, and notes.
with categories. Not only are categorized events displayed in different colors in the
item listIn the main Outlook
window, the list of messages, contacts, tasks, or other items. By default, the item list is displayed vertically between the navigation pane and the reading pane., category filters let you show events, contacts, tasks, and notes only in the categories that you want.
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The above procedure explains how to create a subfolder of an existing folder. To create a folder on the same level in the hierarchy, select a folder, and then press
SHIFT+OPTION+⌘+N.
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To delete a folder that you create, click the folder in the navigation pane, and then on the Edit menu, click Delete.
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