How to Export Rules in Outlook 2013

Using rules in Microsoft Outlook 2013 is one of the best ways to quickly and consistently sort your email messages. You can even use rules to set an out of office reply in Outlook. But if you are upgrading computers, you might be wondering how you can use all of the rules that you have so meticulously crafted over the years.

Fortunately Outlook 2013 makes this possible by allowing you to export your rules set as its own file. That exported file can then be imported into an Outlook installation on another computer so that you can continue to benefit from the actions that those rules are performing in your email account.

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How to Export Your Rules Set in Outlook 2013

The steps in this guide are going to show you how to create a file containing all of the rules in your Outlook 2013 installation. This file can then be imported into Outlook on another computer so that you can use those rules to sort and filter your email.

Step 1: Open Outlook 2013.

Step 2: Click the File tab at the top-left of the window.

click the file tab

Step 3: Click the Manage Rules and Alerts button at the center of the window.

click the manage rules and alerts button

Step 4: Click the Options button at the top-right of the Rules and Alerts window.

click options on the rules and alerts window

Step 5: Click the Export Rules button.

click the export rules button

Step 6: Select the location for the exported rules file, enter a name for the file into the File Name field, then click the Save button.

how to export rules in outlook 2013

The file type of the exported rules file is called an Office Data File and it has a file extension of .rwz.

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