---
title: "[Cool Tip] Speed up Outlook email switching"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/4/29/cool-tip-speed-up-outlook-email-switching.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/4/29/cool-tip-speed-up-outlook-email-switching.html"
published: "2004-04-29T22:01:00"
updated: "2004-04-29T22:01:00"
tags: ["Tips & Tricks"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Ah! great Outlook tip: “Note to self: Next time it takes up to 15 seconds to switch between emails, be sure to disable the instant messaging feature. Tools->Options->Other->uncheck \"Enable Instant Messaging in Outlook\".…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# \[Cool Tip\] Speed up Outlook email switching

By Roy Osherove April 29, 2004 In [Tips & Tricks](https://osherove.com/blog/category/tips-tricks)

**Historical article** · Originally published April 29, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

Ah! great Outlook tip:

_“Note to self:

Next time it takes up to 15 seconds to switch between emails, be sure to disable the instant messaging feature._ _Tools->Options->Other->uncheck "Enable Instant Messaging in Outlook". “_

\[[MelloBlog](http://www.melloblog.com/Feedback.aspx?BlogID=37)\]

Nice.  In my case I could only find the “enable person name smart tag” checkbox though. Seems like that one works.

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