Thanks to these tips, you will no longer overlook important emails with attachments in your inbox

Never miss an email with an attachment again. In Outlook, you can sort all emails carrying attachments straight to the top of your inbox with a single click on the paperclip column icon. Prefer a permanent visual cue? Use conditional formatting to display attachment emails in a bold red font — automatically, every time. Two quick fixes that bring important messages to the surface before they get buried.

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11 November 2025

Corinna B. asks:
Something really annoying happened to me last week: I was waiting for an email with an important document. However, this email got lost in my inbox between newsletters, promotional emails and my day-to-day correspondence. Is there a way to clearly highlight emails with attachments in my inbox?

Hiroshi Nakanishi answers:
Dear Ms. B., there are actually two ways to do this. Either display all emails with attachments at the top of your inbox or assign an eye-catching ...