This tutorial will show you how to change the sound played for upcoming Calendar event reminders in Outlook for Windows app for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
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You can select to play the default (New Mail Notification system sound), custom, or no sound when there is an upcoming Calendar event in the Outlook for Windows app.
EXAMPLE: Outlook for Windows Calendar event reminder notification
Here's How:
1 Open the Outlook for Windows app.
2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) icon on the toolbar. (see screenshot below)
3 In Settings, click/tap on General in the left pane, and click/tap on Notifications in the middle pane. (see screenshot below)
4 Under Notify me about, click/tap on Calendar to expand it open. (see screenshots below)
Calendar needs to be turned on to receive event reminders.
5 Select Default, Custom, or None in the Play sound drop menu for what you want.
6 If you selected Custom, navigate to and select a custom sound file (.mp3, .mp4, .wav, .webm, .m4a, or .weba) you want played, and click/tap on Open.
You can click/tap on the Test button to play the selected custom sound file to test before saving your changes.
7 Click/tap on Save to apply.
8 You can now close the Settings window if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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