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How to Password Protect Email in Outlook 2007/2010/2013/2016

In some cases, we need to set up the password for the email and prevent someone else opening to secure it. In Microsoft Outlook you can achieve the effect by several steps only. Therefore, walk through the following tutorials to see how to password protect email in Outlook 2007/2010/2013/2016.

Here are three sections in total you can click on the subtitle in following to navigate to the corresponding version operation part.

How to Password Protect Email in Outlook 2007

Now you can choose only single email or all of all to password protect.

Password Protect Email in Outlook 2007 for an email only

Step 1: In your email composing interface, click on Options tab. Located to the More Options part and click the arrow in the lower-right corner.

click on options to show more

Step 2: Once the Message Options window popups, click on "Security Settings...".

click secutity settings in message options

Step 3: Check the box front "Encrypt message contents and attachments" and click OK. Go back to the email message window, click send after you finishing composing.

encrypt message contents and attachments

Password Protect Email in Outlook 2007 for all emails

Step 1: Click on Tools at the top and select Trust Center from the list.

open trust center through tools

Step 2: Tap on E-mail Security section in the left panel, then tick the checkbox of Encrypt message contents and attachments. Tap on OK to exit then all of your emails will be protected by the password.

encrypt message contents and attachments

Password Protect Outlook 2010 Email

Password protect Outlook 2010 email for single email only

Step 1: In the information edit page, go to the More Options tab and click on the small arrow in the lower right corner.

open more options outlook 2010

Step 2: Tap on Security Settings under Security in the Properties window.

security settings in outlook 2010

Step 3: Check the box that says Encrypt message contents and attachments as the image below.

email password protect outlook 2010

Password protect Outlook 2010 email for all emails

Step 1: Open Outlook 2010, click on Files and tap on Options at the left panel.

Step 2: Navigate to Trust Center > Trust Center Settings.

Step 3: In the Trust Center window, click on E-mail Security tab and check Encrypt contents and attachments for outgoing messages.

encrypt all emails outlook 2010

Password Protect Outlook 2013/2016

In this section, we put Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016 together, here are the details:

Password protect Outlook 2013/2016 for an email

Step 1: When you are writing an email and tending to password protect it, click Files and tap on Properties.

outlook 2013 file properties

Step 2: In the Properties window, click on Security Settings button. When the Securities Properties dialog box opened, checking the box front of the Encrypt message contents and attachments option.

encrypty in oulook 2013

Password protect Outlook 2013/2016 for all emails

Step 1: Navigate to the following directory: File > Options >Trust Center Trust Center Settings.

Step 2: In the Trust Center window, click E-mail Security tab and check the box that "Encrypt message contents and attachments" option.

set password in security tab outlook 2013

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