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How to enable total message count for folders in Outlook

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Open Outlook and make sure your folder list on the left hand side is expanded. If not, just click the arrow at the top to slide it out. Some folders like Deleted Items will display your unread account in a bold number by default. To display the total number, right click on a folder and click Properties .

In this dialog, simply change the radio button to Show total number of items - you will be able to tell the difference because any folder showing the total has the number in parentheses and is not in bold.

Unfortunately, you can't change this setting on multiple folders at once, so you'll have to make this change on each one manually. It only takes a second, so I hope you don't have too many folders to deal with!

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