Frequently Asked Question

How to remove or clear filter applied in Outlook

In Microsoft Outlook, you can change a folder’s view settings and filter emails messages, appointments, or tasks by some criteria. Sometimes, it may be needed to remove or clear applied filters. This article will guide you to remove and clear all filters or part of filters applied in the folders in Microsoft Outlook, such as Inbox, Calendar, task folders, etc.

Remove and clear all filters applied in selected folder

In this article, I will take the Inbox for example and clear filters applied in the Inbox.

Step 1: In Outlook 2010 and 2013, please click the View Settings button on the View tab;


Step 2: In the popping up dialog box, please click the Filter button.



Step 3: Then click the Clear All button in the Filter dialog box.



Step 4: Click both OK buttons in two dialog boxes.

Then all filters applied in the opening folder are removed immediately.