Popular add-ins for Outlook

Be more productive and improve your experience with these add-ins in Outlook

If you want to add features to make Outlook more efficient, here’s a list of productivity add-ons, spam filters, and more that can help.

The information in this article applies to Outlook 2019, Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2010, and Outlook for Office 365.

Duplicate Email Remover

What do we like?

• Finds and cleans up duplicate emails.

• Configurable set of criteria.

What we don’t like

• Slow when checking large message stores.

• More choice would be helpful.

Duplicate Email Remover is an Outlook add-in that accurately detects duplicate email messages and handles duplicate messages in several convenient ways.

Recover my email

What do we like?

• Recover deleted messages.

• Repair damaged PST and DBX files.

What we don’t like

• Does not recover non-email data such as contacts and calendars.

• Cannot repair PST or DBX file in place.

My Email Recovery recovers and recovers emails deleted from Deleted Items folder, damaged Outlook PST file or Outlook Express DBX message store. This is compatible with older versions of Outlook.

Send personally

What do we like?

• Send unique messages to members of Outlook groups.

• Email Personalization Macros.

What we don’t like

• May provide more personalization options.

• Unable to create conditional text.

Send Personal is an easy-to-use add-in for Outlook that sends messages to groups so that each recipient gets a unique, personal copy and can’t see other recipients on the list.

Add contacts

What do we like?

• Automatically adds contacts.

• Scan sent email for new contacts.

What we don’t like

• It is not possible to use different contact folders.

• It is not possible to check random folders for new contacts.

Adding contacts automatically creates an Outlook address book, adding new recipients of your emails or replies to the Contacts folder of your choice.

NEO Pro

What do we like?

• Quick search.

• Filter, search and classify by folders.

What we don’t like

• Do not automatically classify.

• No advanced search.

NEO Pro helps you handle email better with Outlook in less time. It adds ribbons and toolbars via UI add-ons, as well as a matching display, automated workflow actions, and detachable tabs.

Automatic BCC/CC for Microsoft Outlook

What do we like?

• Automatically copy outgoing messages to addresses.

• Filter to add recipients based on message criteria.

What we don’t like

• There is no notification about who will receive messages.

• Limited flexibility for rules.

Auto BCC/CC for Outlook makes it easy to automatically copy certain email addresses in outgoing email, and the filters let you control which message type is hidden or hidden from whom.

Calling for Outlook

What do we like?

• Useful.

• It’s easy to insert template text.

What we don’t like

• Limited customization.

• No trial.

Bells and Whistles for Outlook is a collection of small but useful tweaks and add-ons for Outlook. Bells and Whistles lets you automatically add greetings, signatures, disclaimers, or template texts. You can also set up alerts to be notified when you add attachments or use too many capital letters.

ClearContext

What do we like?

• Sort by field.

• Create projects.

What we don’t like

• No advanced search.

• Cannot be changed in preview.

ClearContext connects seamlessly to Outlook and automatically transforms your inbox into a cleaner, leaner, more organized and better place. You can assign emails as tasks, create projects to organize your tasks and make it easy to register emails with one click.

SpeedFiler

What do we like?

• Offers folders.

• Send tips.

What we don’t like

• Multiple licenses are required for Outlook on different computers.

• Limited support.

SpeedFiler makes it easy to register an email in Outlook and even suggests the most likely destination folder. Store outgoing messages in folders with helpful hints that are activated when the message is sent.

SimplyFile

What do we like?

• Easily navigate to any folder.

• Excellent support.

What we don’t like

• The prediction function is not always accurate.

• Can become unstable.

SimplyFile turns Outlook message entry into a one-click action and after previewing it, it also suggests the correct destination folder.

Mail info

What do we like?

• Real-time notifications.

• Later memories.

What we don’t like

• Must be updated after the trial period.

• Limited support.

Mailinfo is a tool that tells you when the emails you have sent are open and when not.