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title: "Outlook: Read Receipts and Email Tracking – Here's How"
url: https://lookeen.com/blog/outlook-read-receipts-and-email-tracking-here-s-how
lang: en
description: "Want to find out if an important email in Outlook was delivered or read? Click here for the appropriate guide!"
author: "Froher Yosofy"
published: 2023-09-06T13:07:48+00:00
modified: 2026-11-11T04:05:47+00:00
---

# Outlook: Read Receipts and Email Tracking – Here's How

Want to track an important email in Outlook and ensure that the recipient has received and read it? To do this, you need to set up your read and delivery receipts in Outlook. Find out how easy this is with our step-by-step guide in the blog post below.

## How to Enable Read and Delivery Receipts in Outlook

**Step 1:** Start Outlook.

**Step 2:** Click on *File* and then on *Options*.

**Step 3:** Go to the tab: *Mail* and scroll down until you find the heading *History*.

**Step 4:** Check the boxes for the fields: *Delivery confirmation, which confirms the transmission of the message to the recipient’s email server* and *Read confirmation, which confirms the message was viewed by the recipient*.

![Enable Outlook Read Receipts](https://lookeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Outlook-Lesebestatigung-einstellen.png)

You have now successfully enabled read and delivery notifications for your emails in Outlook. This allows you to track your messages at any time. If you want to enable read receipts only for specific emails, you need to proceed differently. Below you will find the appropriate guide.

## Outlook: Enable Read and Delivery Receipts Only for Specific Emails

**Step 1:** Start Outlook.

**Step 2:** Open the email for which you want to receive a read or delivery receipt.

**Step 3:** Click on *Options* at the top of the menu. Then click on the field on the far right with the three dots.

**Step 4:** For a read receipt in Outlook, click on the field: *Request Read Receipt*. For a delivery receipt in Outlook, click on the field: *Request Delivery Receipt*.

![Request Outlook Delivery Notification](https://lookeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Outlook-Lesebestatigung-anfordern.png)

I hope this article has helped you track your emails in Outlook. Read and delivery receipts are essential for this.

See you soon!

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