How to Set Out of Office Reply

• Overview
• UW Office 365 Exchange Online instructions
• UW Gmail instructions
• Additional Information
• Support

Overview

Learn how to set an automatic reply/out of office notification in UW Office 365 Exchange Online and UW Gmail.

UW Office 365 Exchange Online instructions

Outlook on the web:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/send-automatic-out-of-office-replies-in-outlook-on-the-web-0c193ab0-b9e1-4058-84be-a5b014242290 [support.microsoft.com]

Outlook for Windows:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/set-up-auto-reply-out-of-office-cc0e480f-973e-4412-a27b-8a52108d6d51 [support.microsoft.com]

Outlook for Mac:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/send-automatic-out-of-office-replies-from-outlook-for-mac-4e07ab75-beda-4f9e-bcdc-44471ebacdee [support.microsoft.com]

UW Gmail instructions

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/25922?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop

Additional Information

Automatic reply/out of office notification deletion

Please note that UW Google and UW Office 365 automatic reply/out of office notifications are deleted when the account is deleted (e.g. due to separation from the University). See below for details:

• UW Google Account & Data Deletion
• UW Office 365 Account & Data Deletion

Managers

For employees who are not available to set their own automatic reply/out of office notification, managers can contact UW HR Operations to have an automatic reply/out of office notification set.

Support

If you need further assistance, please contact UW-IT at help@uw.edu or 206-221-5000.