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# Setting up Microsoft Outlook on iOS

> Set up Microsoft Outlook on iOS to access your hosting.com email with our step-by-step guide for iPhone and iPad.

This article demonstrates how to set up the Microsoft Outlook app on Apple iOS to access a hosting.com e-mail account.

To configure the Outlook app to work with your hosting.com e-mail account on an Apple iPhone or iPad, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you have already created at least one e-mail account for your domain. If you have not done this, please see [this article](/docs/e-mail-accounts) to learn how to create an e-mail account using cPanel.

2. Start Outlook.

3. In the top left, tap the account icon, and then tap the gear (settings) icon:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-outlook-ios-settings-icon.png)

   > 📘 Note
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   > The user interface displayed in these images may differ slightly from the version you have installed.

4. On the **Settings** page, under **Mail Accounts**, tap **Add Mail Account**, and then tap **Add Email Account**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-outlook-ios-add-mail-account.png)

   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-outlook-ios-add-email-account.png)

5. On the **Add Account** page, in the **Email Address** text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel, and then tap **Add Account**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-outlook-ios-email-address.png)

6. On the **Add Mail Account** page, under **ADVANCED**, tap **IMAP**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-outlook-ios-imap.png)

7. On the **IMAP** page, in the **Display Name** text box, type the name you want to appear on messages that you send from Outlook:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-outlook-ios-display-name.png)

8. In the **Description** text box, type a descriptive name for the account. The name can be anything you want (for example, *Hosting.com email account* ).

9. Tap **Use Advanced Settings**.

10. Under **IMAP Incoming Mail Server**, follow these steps:

    * In the **IMAP Hostname** text box, type *mail.example.com*, where ***example.com*** represents your domain name.

    * In the **IMAP Port** text box, type `993`.

    * In the **Port Security** list box, select **SSL**.

    * In the **IMAP Username** text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.

    * In the **IMAP Password** text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.

11. Under **SMTP Outgoing Mail Server**, follow these steps:

    * In the **SMTP Hostname** text box, type *mail.example.com*, where ***example.com*** represents your domain name.

    * In the **SMTP Port** text box, type `465`.

    * In the **Port Security** list box, select **SSL**.

    * In the **SMTP Username** text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.

    * In the **SMTP Password** text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.

12. Tap **Sign In**. Outlook logs in to the account.\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-outlook-ios-sign-in.png)

13. On the **Your Data, Your Way** page, tap **Next**:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-outlook-ios-your-data.png)

14. On the **Getting Better Together** page, read the information, and then tap **Accept** or **Decline**:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-outlook-ios-accept-decline.png)

15. On the **Powering Your Experiences** page, tap **Continue to Outlook**:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-outlook-ios-continue-to-outlook.png)

16. Under **Would you like to add another account?**, tap **Maybe Later**. Outlook downloads any messages in the account, and the inbox appears:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-outlook-ios-inbox.png)

## Related articles

* [Setting up e-mail on Apple iOS](/docs/setting-up-e-mail-on-apple-ios)

* [Setting up Microsoft Outlook on Android](/docs/setting-up-microsoft-outlook-on-android)

* [Setting up the Microsoft Outlook 2010 and 2013 e-mail clients](/docs/setting-up-microsoft-outlook)

* [Setting up the Microsoft Outlook 365 and Outlook 2016 e-mail clients](/docs/setting-up-the-microsoft-outlook-365-and-outlook-2016-e-mail-clients)