Report a suspicious email as Spam or Phishing

Use the built-in Report button in Outlook to report junk and phishing messages

  • Users can report a message as junk from the Inbox or any email folder other than Junk Email folder.
  • Users can report a message as phishing from any email folder.

In a supported version of Outlook, select one or more messages, select Report, and then select Report phishing or Report junk in the dropdown list. For example:

  • Outlook for Microsoft 365:

    Screenshot of selecting the Report button after selecting a message in Outlook

  • Outlook on the web:

    Screenshot of selecting the Report button after selecting multiple messages in Outlook on the web.

Based on the User reported settings in your organization, the messages are sent to the reporting mailbox, to Microsoft, or both. The following actions are also taken on the reported messages in the mailbox:

  • Reported as junk: The messages are moved to the Junk Email folder, and the sender is automatically added to the user's Blocked Senders list.
  • Reported as phishing: The messages are deleted.

Use the built-in Report button in Outlook to report messages that aren't junk

In a supported version of Outlook, select one or more messages in the Junk Email folder, select Report, and then select Not junk in the dropdown list. For example:

  • Outlook for Microsoft 365:

    Screenshot of the Not junk selection from the Report button after selecting a message in the Junk Email folder in Outlook on the web.

  • Outlook on the web:

    Screenshot of the Not junk selection from the Report button after selecting multiple messages in the Junk Email folder in Outlook on the web.

Based on the User reported settings in your organization, the messages are sent to the reporting mailbox, to Microsoft, or both. The messages are also moved out of Junk Email to the Inbox.