While sending a lot of emails on a busy day, have you ever sent a message saying you attached a file but forgot to include it? Outlook 2013 includes a handy feature that reminds you if it appears you forgot to attach a file.
Outlook 2013 Attachment Reminder
The setting should be enabled by default, but if not, go to File > Options > Mail then under the Send Messages section, verify that “Warn Me When I Send a Message that May be Missing an Attachment” is checked.
Here’s the typical scenario: You compose and email letting the recipient know you’ve attached a file, but forget to actually include it and hit Send.
Outlook will give you an Attachment Reminder message. Click Don’t Send, attach the file, and send the message.
If you use Microsoft’s revamped webmail service Outlook.com, it also has an Attachment Reminder you can enable.
If you’re using an older version of Outlook, check out this article on the Forgotten Attachments Detector. Or use a third party tool like Code Two Outlook Attachment Reminder.
Great feature! I use this all the time. Great tip.
At last! I suggested this to MS two decades ago.
hehehe for sure! Can’t tell you how many times I’ve been told — Um Steve… you forgot the attachment!
. . . now that I no longer use Outlook 🙁
Really? What’s your primary email client now? Let me guess… Web browser?
Now that I’m no longer “corporate” I don’t need such a monster, albeit powerful, mail app, so I went to Outlook Express.
It read my mind just now 🙂
We are all on Win 7 and Office 2013 and this feature will not work. We’ve even tried deliberately sending emails with just “attached, attachment…” etc to try and provoke it!
Hi Paul – And even after following this guide and rebooting, you’re having the issue on multiple systems?
If you are using Outlook as your mail app, it should work.
Is there any way to add more words that will trigger the reminder?