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This guide will only apply for the Outlook desktop app on Windows. Unfortunately, the web version of Outlook does not have the same functionality.

This guide contains instructions for how to transfer emails from one Office 365 email inbox to another Office 365 email inbox.

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Note: If both accounts have already been added to Outlook you can skip the first section and proceed to the section(s) below.

Adding both accounts to Outlook:

  1. Go to Files > Info > +Add Account

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2. Enter your . Enter the username@uwaterloo.ca of the first account (Your username is your 8-character UWaterloo username @ uwaterloo.ca (, e.g. j25rober@uwaterlooj42smith@uwaterloo.ca).

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3. If asked, select:

4. Enter your UWaterloo passwordthe password of the first account.

Office 365 users will have their @uwaterloo.ca inbox added by now. However, Connect users (username@connect.uwaterloo.ca) will need to follow Configure Outlook for Windows

5. Repeat Step steps 1 to 3 , to add username@uwaterloo.cato add your second account (e.g personal account)

6. Enter your UWaterloo second account password.

7. Restart Outlook to view your new accountaccounts

8. Now that the 2 accounts are added to Outlook, follow the steps below to move the entire inbox.

Moving the entire inbox

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We recommend making a backup file of your emails before starting the migration. Please follow the steps on how to do so from Microsoft!

In the example below, emails are being moved from the eduuwaterloo.onmicrosoft.com second inbox to the uwaterloo.ca first inbox.

  1. Go to Files > Account Settings > Account Settings, choose eduuwaterloo.onmicrosoft.com second account, click Change...   

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  1. Select All for Download emails for the past

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3. Close the tab. Go back to your Outlook inbox, right click your eduuwaterloo.onmicrosoft.com second inbox > Copy Folder

4.Select your  new uwaterloofirst inbox (username@uwaterloo.ca inbox)

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  1. Click OK. It will start transferring your email.

  2. Your old email will appear as a subfolder named inbox under your inbox. You should rename it to something to be more clear.

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7. You can verify online that the transfer was successfully by visiting portal.office.com 

8. Sign - in with to the first inbox (username@uwaterloo.ca) to check for the emails

Moving selected emails

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3. You MUST verify online that the transfer was successfully by visiting portal.office.com. Failure to follow this step may result in a loss of emails.

4. Sign - in to the inbox with the username@uwaterloo.ca account transferred emails to check for the emails

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