# "Hide Envelope" in Outlook. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 8, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-envelope-in-outlook/254136 "2004-07-08T16:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![coop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@coop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coop)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-envelope-in-outlook/254136/1 "2004-07-08T16:39:23Z")
When you receive an email in Outlook, a small envelope appears in the system tray. One of my co-workers left-clicked on the envelope and then right-clicked on “hide envelope.” :wally Is there an option in Outlook to “unhide” the envelope? I have searched through help and also through the Microsoft help database and cannot find anything about it. Can anyone help? ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-envelope-in-outlook/254136/2 "2004-07-08T16:48:43Z")
Tools, Options, Preferences tab, Email Options, Advanced Email Options, Show an Envelope Icon in the System Tray. ---
**Author:** ![coop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@coop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coop)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-envelope-in-outlook/254136/3 "2004-07-08T16:57:19Z")
Excellent!!! Thanks very much 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-envelope-in-outlook/254136/4 "2004-07-08T17:06:46Z")
What scares me is that I found it fairly quickly, which means that I’m starting to think like a Microsoft software designer. ::shudder::