How to turn off Outlook Reminders and Reminder Sound on Mac

By default, Outlook displays reminder notifications with sound for three different things – follow-up/flagged email, Calendar appointments/meetings, and Tasks. If you want to turn off Outlook reminders or reminder sound on Mac, here is how to do it. This article helps you find different methods to stop the one-time or recurring reminder sounds of Outlook on Mac.

How to turn off Outlook Reminders on Mac

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To turn off Outlook reminders entirely on Mac, follow these steps-

  • Open the Outlook app on your computer.
  • Click the Outlook button on the top menu bar.
  • Select the Turn Off Reminders

To open Outlook on your Mac computer, click the Outlook button on the top menu bar. It is visible next to the Apple logo.

Following that, select the Turn Off Reminders option on the list.

For your information, it disables all email notifications of Outlook on your Mac computer.

If you only want to disable the notification sound, the following steps will be handy for you.

To open Outlook, click the Outlook button on the top menu bar. To access Preferences, select the Preferences option.

To turn off Reminders, go to Notifications & Sounds in Settings and remove the tick from the Reminder checkbox.

Turn off an event reminder of Outlook for Mac

To turn off an event reminder of Outlook for Mac, follow these steps-

  • Open the Outlook app on your computer.
  • Switch to the Calendar section.
  • Select an appointment to edit.
  • Expand the Reminder drop-down menu.
  • Select the None option from the list.
  • Click the Save & Close button.

Open the Outlook app on your computer and switch to the Calendar section. It is visible in the bottom-left corner. After that, select an appointment you want to disable the reminder for. Expand the Reminder drop-down menu, and choose None from the list.

Finally, click the Save & Close button to turn off Outlook Calendar reminders.

Turn off Outlook task reminder on Mac

To turn off Outlook task reminder on Mac, follow these steps-

  • Open the Outlook app on your Mac.
  • Switch to the Tasks
  • Double-click on a task.
  • Remove the tick from the Reminder
  • Click the Save & Close

If you want to know more about these steps in detail, read on.

First, open the Outlook app on your Mac, and from the bottom-left corner, switch to the Tasks section. Next, double-click on a task you want to edit and uncheck the Reminder box.

Next, click the Save & Close button.

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