How to refresh Outlook inbox ? (Quick & Easy Guide )

In this tutorial you will learn How to refresh Outlook inbox or Outlook email.

To fresh Outlook inbox follow the below steps(Quick Overview)

Manually :

Under Send/Receive Tab ,click on the “Send/Receive Groups” .
Now Select Inbox from the drop-down
Now check the Progress of the tasks in the Pop-up window
You can also use the Send/Receive all folders shown as round arrow sign .

Automatically :

Open Microsoft Outlook
Click on the File menu
Under Send/Receive Tab ,click on the “Send/Receive Groups” option
Now Select Send/Receive Groups from the drop-down options
Check the option “Schedule an Automatic Send/Receive every.“
Schedule the automatic send recieve value to less than 30 minutes .

How to refresh Outlook inbox(Manually and Automatically ) : Step by Step Guide

Enclosed are the steps to refresh Outlook inbox / email :

Refresh Outlook Manually

Step 1 : Under Send/Receive Tab ,click on the “Send/Receive Groups” .

Click on the down arrow infront of Send/Receive Groups option.

Step 2 : Now Select Inbox from the drop-down

Step 3 : Now check the Progress of the tasks in the Pop-up window

To refresh all folders you click on Send/Receive all folders option shown as clockwise round arrow signs

Refresh Outlook Automatically

Below are the steps to refresh outlook automatically :

Step 1 : Open Microsoft Outlook

Step 2 : Click on the File menu

Step 3: Under Send/Receive Tab ,click on the “Send/Receive Groups” option .

Click on the down arrow infront of Send/Receive Groups option.

Step 4 : Now Select Send/Receive Groups from the drop-down options

Step 5 : Check the option “Schedule an Automatic Send/Receive every.“

Under Settings for group all acounts ,click on the checkbox for option “”Schedule an Automatic Send/Receive every“

Step 6 : Schedule the automatic send recieve value to less than 30 minutes

Now click on Close .An automatic send and receive will be scheduled every 10 minutes for your Inbox.

FAQs

How often does Outlook check for Mail?

By default outlook will check for new mails every 30 minutes.You can schedule an automatic send/receive to 15 min or 10 minutes using the define Send/receive groups option

Why my Outlook inbox is not refreshing?

If your outlook inbox is not refreshing ,it can be due to several reasons .As a first check you should ensure you are still connected to internet and outlook is able to connect to the exchange server with the status message “Connected to :Microsoft Exchange Server“.
If internet is working fine ,try to restart the Outlook App and Click on Update folder or Send/recieve group->Inbox

How to refresh Outlook inbox(Conclusion)

Using the above provided steps you can quickly manually refresh your Outlook Inbox or setup an automatic refresh schedule.