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

Step 2
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Next to From, select
Link an email
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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:
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Login to your Outlook account and open your security settings
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Select
More security options
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Turn on two-step verification
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Under "App Passwords" click
Create new password
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Copy and paste the auto-generated password back into ClickUp
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Sign in!
Note: It may take a few minutes to load after clicking save.
Your account is now linked!
Step 3
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Choose who can send emails from this account, create signatures, and build email templates
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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.