How to Remove the External Tag in Outlook

Apply these simple steps to remove the External tag on Outlook

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Lately, emails from outside your network can come into Outlook tagged or labeled with [EXTERNAL]. It indicates the email is coming from an External recipient.

However, some users dislike the labels, so they want to know how to remove External tags in Outlook. Likewise, users reportthe name cannot be resolved errorthey encounter on Outlook.

Why is Outlook showing an external tag?

There are someemail security threatsyou should be worried about. Scammers send malicious or bad-willed emails to steal the recipient’s information or money.

So, external email tags are an essential security measure to help users identify threats like phishing, spam, and other malicious emails.

However, the External tag or label attached toMicrosoft Outlook emailis to warn users that the email did not originate from within the organization. So, it helps the admin track and identifies emails that are potentially dangerous or harmful.

Furthermore, not all Outlook emails with External tags or labels are suspicious or malicious.

The concept of the External tag is to prompt users toconfirm the sender’s authenticity before downloading attachmentsfrom the mail. Also, you should verify the sender before opening any links in the mail.

How do I remove the External tag in Outlook?

1. Disable External email tags via Windows PowerShell

Note that it can take up to 24 hours for the tags to disappear, and the duration can differ depending on the volume of your emails.

Check what to do ifWindows PowerShell stops workingwhen executing the steps above.

2. Exclude specific Email addresses or domain from External tagging

Users can exclude the maximum number of 30 emails with the above command (add a comma , at the end of each mail).

How do I add an External tag in Outlook?

Users without the Outlook External tags can add it to their Outlook app. Note that it can take up to 48 hours for the External email warning to appear in Outlook after enabling it.

Conclusively, you can refer to our article abouthow to fix Outlook 2016 crashes when openingif they encounter problems.

Hopefully, now you know how to turn off the external tag in Outlook and you know everything about the process.

Also, you may check our guide about fixingOutlook not connecting to the server & Gmailon Windows 11.

Should you have further questions or suggestions, kindly drop them in the comments section.

How to Remove the External Tag in Outlook#

Why is Outlook showing an external tag?#

How do I remove the External tag in Outlook?#

1. Disable External email tags via Windows PowerShell#

2. Exclude specific Email addresses or domain from External tagging#

How do I add an External tag in Outlook?#