Filter incoming messages

You can organize your Inbox by creating filters to direct incoming messages to specific folders.

Create a new filter

Sign in to the Windows Live Hotmail website with your Windows Live ID (The user name and password that you use to sign in to any Windows Live, MSN, or Office Live sites and services. If you have a Passport Network, Hotmail, or Messenger account, you can use it as your Windows Live ID.) . In the upper-right corner of the page, click Options, and then click More options. Under Customize your mail, click Automatically sort e-mail into folders. Click New filter. Follow the on-screen instructions to specify which messages you want to filter and where you want to filter them, and then click Save.

Edit a filter

Sign in to the Windows Live Hotmail website with your Windows Live ID (The user name and password that you use to sign in to any Windows Live, MSN, or Office Live sites and services. If you have a Passport Network, Hotmail, or Messenger account, you can use it as your Windows Live ID.) . In the upper-right corner of the page, click Options, and then click More options. Under Customize your mail, click Automatically sort e-mail into folders. Next to the filter that you want to edit, click Edit. Follow the on-screen instructions to specify which messages you want to filter and where you want to filter them, and then click Save.

Delete a filter

Sign in to the Windows Live Hotmail website with your Windows Live ID (The user name and password that you use to sign in to any Windows Live, MSN, or Office Live sites and services. If you have a Passport Network, Hotmail, or Messenger account, you can use it as your Windows Live ID.) . In the upper-right corner of the page, click Options, and then click More options. Under Customize your mail, click Automatically sort e-mail into folders. Next to the filter that you want to delete, click Delete. Click Yes.

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