Disable automatic downloading of remote content in Outlook

Disable automatic downloading of remote content in Outlook

Intro

Disabling automatic downloading of remote content in Outlook may speed up the loading of emails, and increase security by not loading remote content such as photos, icons, or Loop components like forms, when reading an email. This is the default setting, but may cause some emails to appear that they're not fully loaded because those images may be part of, if not the entire message. This is most notable in bulk email or marketing emails, but remote content can still be loaded easily by loading the content manually if needed:
Preview

Process

To disable the automatic downloads for remote content -

  1. In Outlook, click File

  2. Click Options
  3. Click Trust Center
  4. Click Trust Center Settings
  5. Click Automatic Download

  6. Check the boxes "Don't download pictures automatically in standard HTML email messages, meetings or RSS items", "Don't download pictures in encrypted or signed HTML email messages", and "Don't automatically load Loop components for third-party apps in HTML email messages from external senders"

You must restart Outlook for this to take effect

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