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6 Quick Ways to Fix Outlook Notification Sound Not Working
Check the Outlook sound settings and turn it on
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Not receiving a notification for an incoming email in MS Outlook can cause you to miss important events. In this guide, we will share with you some effective solutions to fix the notification sound not working issue in MS Outlook.
Why is the Outlook notification sound not working?
Sound notifications help us to stay productive as you don’t have to fiddle around with multiple apps to check if you received a new message or an email.
Just like other email clients, MS Outlook also lets the user set different notification sounds for an incoming email, outgoing email, etc.
Here are a few of the common reasons that could potentially be the reason why the notification sound is not working in MS Outlook on your PC.
Let us now check out the solutions to resolve the problem of notification sound not working in MS Outlook.
How do I get my Outlook notification sound back if it’s not working?
Before we jump ahead with the advanced solutions, let us apply the simple fixes and hopefully resolve the sound issue with MS Outlook notifications.
If nothing works, then apply the solutions below and resolve the problem.
1. Enable the Play a Sound setting in Outlook
2. Tweak the Windows notification sound settings
Enabling the feature as mentioned above will play a sound when a new email arrives in Outlook. You can alsochange the notification sound in Windows 11by following the steps in our guide.
3. Disable Focus Assist
Multiple users have fixed the Outlook notification sound not working problem by disabling the Focus Assist option on their PC.
We have shown just one way to disable the Focus Assist on your Windows 11 PC. You can check out our guide to learn otherdifferent ways to turn off Focus Assist.
4. Tweak the system sound settings
5. Turn on New Mail Notification and Desktop Mail Notification settings
6. Create a new Outlook Inbox Rule
Get back the notification sound in Outlook
That is it from us in this guide. Notification sounds are important as several professions require dealing with multiple messaging apps, and if the sounds are disabled then it could prove problematic in whatever task that the professional is involved in.
Multiple users have reported that theOutlook view changes itselfevery time they launch it. Resolve the problem by applying the solutions in our guide.
You can also read our guide to fixing theOutlook not updating inboxissue on your PC. Let us know in the comments below, which one of the above solutions resolved the problem for you.
Sagar Naresh
Sagar is a web developer and technology journalist. Currently associated with WindowsReport and SamMobile. When not writing, he is either at the gym sweating it out or playing country music on his guitar.
He is an avid traveler and has been to 15 countries, going to more places soon. TRAVEL and WORK is his mantra for a peaceful life.
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