Outlook: How To Assign a Password to Your Personal Folders

Contributed by shamanstears October 25, 2006  
Tagged: Microsoft Outlook

To help prevent others from accessing your email, you can set up your Outlook data file with a password by following these steps:

1. Click Tools and select Options.

2. In the Options dialog box, select the Mail Setup tab.

3. Click Data Files.

4. In the Outlook Data Files dialog box, select the data file you want to protect.

5. Click Settings.

6. Click Change Password.

7. Your Old Password will be blank (unless you’ve done this before), type your New Password and Verify Password.

8. Click OK.

9. Close the remaining dialog boxes.