Microsoft Outlook 2016 – Use the Clutter Tool to Sort Low-Priority Messages

The Clutter feature learns how you prioritize your mail, and then helps you by putting low priority messages in a separate folder (while still giving you a daily summary so you don't miss anything).

When on the go, you can also take advantage of this capability by using the ‘Focused Inbox’ in the Outlook mobile app (for iOS and Android devices).

Here’s how it works:

Clutter analyzes your emails, and based on your past behaviour, determines the messages that you’re most likely to ignore.

It then automatically moves those messages to a folder called Clutter so that you can review them later.

Managing the Clutter folder:

You can even help Clutter learn your preferences faster by manually moving items in or out of the Clutter folder:

 

Move from Inbox to Clutter:

 

Move from Clutter to Inbox:

 

Turning Off/On Clutter Tool:

You can turn Clutter off/on by signing into your Outlook on the web account, navigate to: Settings > Options > Mail > Automatic processing > Clutter.

Focused Inbox can be disabled in the Outlook mobile app for iOS and Android in settings.

Note:

You cannot turn on Clutter in the light version of Outlook on the web. You can switch, however, to the full version by navigating to Options > General > Light version and clear the Use the light version of Outlook on the web check box.

If you bought Office 2016 for Windows as a one-time purchase, and you do not have an Office 365 subscription, you will not have access to some features, such as Clutter.

There are regular updates with new features where you’ll need to have an Office 365 subscription to use them.