Is there an option for "Mark All Emails as Read Across All Folders" in Outlook?

Question

I have lots of Outlook folders (30+) and they each get a trickle of over 200 emails a day.

Usually I scan through each folder to make sure nothing important is in there and right click on the folder and press E to 'Mark All as Read'.

This gets tedious and I want to eliminate the second step so I can just scan through my folders then press a button to mark all subfolders and folders as read at the end.

I would like to say this differs from this as I would like to know which emails are new and not have them automatically all be marked as read when they come in.

Solution 1

The Search Folder tip does the work. To do this go "Folder" tab > press "New Search Folder" > on the pop window select "Unread mail" > Press OK. This will create a folder, like all your others, on the left menu (where you have Inbox, Sent Items so on), named Search Folder > Unread Mail and you can right click and "Mark all as read".

Solution 2

No there isn't a single button that does this, not in the Outlook client.

You could use a search query and then select all (Ctrl - A), right-click, and then mark all as read.

Comments

[Scott - Слава Україні]

30×200 emails a day is a trickle?!  But seriously, if the below answers don’t work for you, it might be possible to do something with VBA.

[CubeSyVal]

Could you please detail step-by-step how to make a 'search folder'? This incorporates the other answer and expands upon it so I'll probably mark your answer as correct if you do.

[CubeSyVal]

This is much better than the other answer as it doesn't involve having to 'search' manually and wait for the search to complete, it will always now be there and show me my unread mail.

[Toto]

Please, format properly your answer.