Drowning in Emails? How to Use Copilot in Outlook to Manage Your Inbox Smarter

If your email is a pain point. Here are some tips, along with example prompts, for leveraging Copilot in Outlook to help tame your email.

Morning triage:

“Go through and summarize any unread emails I have from today, and then group them by topic. Highlight anything important for my direct reports to note. After, list the top five most important items that need to be addressed before noon. “

Create fast and professional replies without context switching:

“Create a concise reply that acknowledges the email update, asks for the two most critical risks present, and states there will be a full review on Friday. Keep the tone professional and decisive in no more than 75 words.”

Turn inbox noise into a short action list:

“From this week’s emails, collect any action items that were assigned to me, including due dates if mentioned. Then suggest a 30‑minute block of time on my calendar for each action item for the next available morning.”

Ask Copilot to summarize:

Prep for meetings straight from your inbox

“Go through the emails and tomorrow’s emails related to tomorrow’s leadership meeting. Extract the key discussion points from each email, what decisions need to be made, and any attached files. Then create a short brief that I can go over And review within two and review within two minutes and review within two minutes.”

Weekly zero‑inbox sweep:

“Copilot, review all emails older than 7 days that I haven’t replied to. Suggest which ones to archive, which need a quick response, and draft those responses in 50 words or fewer.”

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