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title: "Outlook 2013/Office 365 – Subscribing to your Inbox"
description: "After setting up Outlook 2013/Office 365 as IMAP, you will most likely need to subscribe to your Inbox. In this guide we will show you how to accomplish that, so you can see your folders such as..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/email/outlook/inbox-subscribe/
date: 2013-11-06
modified: 2026-04-23
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["Outlook"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Outlook 2013/Office 365 – Subscribing to your Inbox

After setting up [Outlook 2013/Office 365](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/email/outlook/how-to-set-up-outlook-2013/) as IMAP, you will most likely need to subscribe to your Inbox. In this guide we will show you how to accomplish that, so you can see your folders such as **Sent**, **trash**, etc.

## How to Subscribe to Your Inbox:

1. Open Outlook, click **File**, then **Account Settings**. Choose **Account Settings…** [![Editing account settings](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/email_outlook2013_edit-account-settings.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/email_outlook2013_edit-account-settings.png)
2. Click your email account, then click the **Change** button.
3. Click the **More Settings** button, then the **Advanced** tab.
4. In the *Root folder path* field, enter **INBOX** (with all caps). Then click the **Ok** button to save your changes.

Congratulations, you are now subscribed to your *INBOX* folder, it will take some time to display your folder contents. The time-frame depends how many emails are stored in the folders.