To create a new Outlook profile, click on the Show Profiles button in the Mail icon in the Control Panel. Here’s the window we’ll see:

 

 

The first part of this box tells you what profiles are set up on this computer. (By default, Outlook will create the first profile for you and name it Outlook.) Below this list, we have options to Add, Remove, or Copy a profile. We can also click Properties to see e-mail accounts and data files for that profile. (Remember that if you’re using the main Mail icon screen, the e-mail accounts and data files buttons are only for the profile listed at the top of the screen. We’ll get into the details of the Properties button shortly.) There are also some profile options at the bottom which we’ll get to in a moment.

For now, let’s focus on the Add button. When we click that button, Outlook will prompt us to name our new profile. We can name it anything we want, as long as there isn’t already a profile with that name. Once we type in the name and click OK, we’ll be prompted to add a new e-mail account. You can either fill in your e-mail account information or cancel out of it. But watch out, if you don’t set up an e-mail account you’ll get this screen:

 

 

Make sure you click OK or Outlook will erase the profile changes you just made.