Create a folder or subfolder in Outlook

Folders provide a way to organize email messages, calendars, contacts, and tasks in Outlook.

To add a folder to the folder pane, do the following:

1. In the left pane of Mail, Contacts, Tasks, or Calendar, right-click where you want to add the folder, and then click New Folder.

   Creating new folder in Outlook

2. In the Name box, enter a name for the folder, and press Enter.

With the new folder(s) created, you can drag and drop messages into the folder(s) for easy retrieval.