How To: Schedule an Email to Send Later in Outlook

Learn how to write an email now and have Outlook send it later.

These steps are for Outlook on the web (outlook.northcentral.edu) and the new Outlook for Windows, which look and work the same.

1

Write your email

Write the message as usual.

2

Choose Schedule send

Select the arrow next to Send, then Schedule send.

3

Pick a time

Choose a suggested time or set a custom date and time, then select Send.

Scheduled messages wait in the Drafts folder until they send. Open one there to change or cancel it.

Get help

Submit a request through the Microsoft Office 365 E-mail & Calendar service.