OUTLOOK EMAIL: Outlook Desktop App Create an email signature

Add a signature to messages

Important: If you have a Microsoft 365 account, and you use Outlook and Outlook Web App, you need to create a signature in each. To create and use email signatures in Outlook Web App, see Create and add an email signature in Outlook Web App .


On the Home tab, select New Email.

New mail command

Select the Message tab.

In the Include group, select Signature, and then choose Signatures.

Signature command

Under Choose default signature, in the E-mail account list, select an email account to associate with the signature.

Create a signature

Under Select signature to edit, select New and type a name for the signature.

Under Edit signature, type the signature that you want to use and select OK.

Type a new signature to use in your email