How to Delete/Remove an Email Signature from Outlook

How to Delete Outlook Email Signature

Want to delete your Outlook email signature? Perhaps you’re looking to replace your email signature?

To delete your Outlook email signature on your computer, go into the Mail menu in your Outlook options and click on the Signatures button. From there, you can select your signature and delete it.

If you’re not sure how to do this, follow the instructions below.

How to Delete an Email Signature from Outlook

Step 1

Open Outlook, click on File > Options.

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Step 2

From the left menu, click Mail and then click the Signatures button on the right.

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Step 3

Select the signature you wish to delete and click the Delete button.

Outlook Delete Email Signature

How to Delete an Email Signature from Outlook 2003 – 2007

Step 1

Open Outlook, click on Tools > Options.

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Step 2

Click on the Mail Format tab at the top and then click the Signatures button.

Outlook Mail Format Signatures

Step 3

Select the signature you wish to delete and click the Delete button.

Outlook Delete Email Signature

How to Delete an Email Signature Directly from the Signatures Folder

If the above method doesn’t work for you, you can use the below method to remove the email signature directly from the Signatures folder where Outlook keeps all signatures.

Step 1

Open Outlook, click on File > Options.

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Step 2

From the left menu, click Mail and then press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard while clicking on the Signatures button on the right.

This will open the folder where Outlook stores all of the signature files.

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Step 3

There will be 3 files and 1 folder that you’ll need to delete.

Files to delete:

<your_signature_name>.htm

<your_signature_name>.rtf

<your_signature_name>.txt

Folder to delete:

<your_signature_name>_files

Outlook Signature Files Delete

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2 Replies to “How to Delete/Remove an Email Signature from Outlook”

  1. Do you have instructions to remove signature from the 2021 version of Outlook. My version does not have these options. In fact it looks nothing like what you are showing here.

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