Outlook Email Authentication

This doc covers how to connect your Outlook account to ClickUp so you can send and receive email communications from within a task thread. Click here to learn more about our Email in ClickUp feature.

How to Connect Your Outlook Email to ClickUp

Step 1

• Within your task, click the down carrot next to comment and select Send mail

Step 2

• Next to From, select Link an email

• Sign in with Outlook and enter your email and password

Note: Your password will either be the password to your account, if you're using an exchange server host, or an app password.

Here's how to get the app password:

1. Login to your Outlook account and open your security settings

2. Select More security options

3. Turn on two-step verification

4. Under "App Passwords" click Create new password

5. Copy and paste the auto-generated password back into ClickUp

6. Sign in!

Note: It may take a few minutes to load after clicking save.

Your account is now linked!

Step 3

• Choose who can send emails from this account, create signatures, and build email templates

• Click Done to start sending emails from ClickUp!

Note: You can also manage your email preferences by going to your Integrations and clicking on Email.