# Outlook email preview: see your email in a real Outlook.com inbox | Letterhead

Source: https://www.tryletterhead.com/tools/outlook-email-preview.html

_Free tool · Outlook email preview_

# Preview your email in Outlook

Paste your email's HTML and we photograph it in a real Outlook.com inbox, and in Gmail too, on a desktop screen and at phone width. Free, no signup, one preview a day.

Email HTML

Up to 102KB. Don't paste anything confidential: the email is sent to our test inboxes and stays there; the screenshots are deleted after a week. One preview a day.

Preview in real inboxes

_About Outlook_

## Which Outlook you're seeing

"Outlook" is several different email clients. This preview shows Outlook.com on the web, the free inbox at outlook.com that also handles hotmail.com and live.com addresses. It doesn't show Outlook for Windows or Mac, or the Outlook phone app, and those can render the same email differently.

### What to look for in the screenshots

- Images that don't load, or load at the wrong size.
- Text that wraps or spaces differently than in your editor.
- Buttons and columns out of line, especially at phone width.
- Whether Gmail clipped the same email, shown in the Gmail screenshots.

### Before you preview

Run the HTML through [Preflight's email check](../tools/preflight.html) first. It catches links that won't work and Gmail's clip without using your one preview of the day.

## In Letterhead, the weight check runs while you write.

The composer weighs every issue and shows what's making it heavy, so you can trim
before Gmail clips it.

The old wayIn LetterheadLearn that Gmail clipped you from a reader's reply.The composer weighs every issue and shows what's making it heavy, before you send.Trim the HTML by hand to get under the limit.Letterhead strips redundant styling from what it sends, so it goes out lighter than you wrote it.

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_FAQ_

## Questions about previewing email in Outlook
Which version of Outlook does this show?
Outlook.com on the web, on a desktop screen and in a narrow window. Not Outlook for Windows or Mac, and not the phone app.
How do I preview an email in Outlook before sending?
Paste your HTML above: we send it to our own Outlook.com test inbox and photograph it. You can also send a test to an Outlook.com address you own and open it there.
Why does my email look different in Outlook?
Each Outlook version renders HTML its own way, and some ignore CSS that other inboxes support. Check the versions your readers use.
Is it free?
Yes. One preview a day, no signup.

_More free checks_

## Check the rest before you send.

- [**Preflight**SPF, DKIM, DMARC and a content check, together](../tools/preflight.html)
- [**SPF checker**Missing, duplicate and too-open SPF records](../tools/spf-checker.html)
- [**DMARC checker**Your policy, and what Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook require](../tools/dmarc-checker.html)
- [**DKIM checker**Find your selector and check the key](../tools/dkim-checker.html)
- [**Gmail clipping checker**Will Gmail cut your email off at ~102KB?](../tools/gmail-clipping-checker.html)
- [**Inbox preview**Your email in real Gmail and Outlook.com inboxes](../tools/inbox-preview.html)
- [**Ghost Finder**Is this address real, or a ghost?](../tools/ghost-finder.html)
- [**Email list cleaning**Keep bad addresses off your list](../tools/email-list-cleaning.html)
- [**Email verifier**Check if an email address is valid](../tools/email-verifier.html)
- [**Email spam test**Your email and domain, checked before you send](../tools/email-spam-test.html)
[All free tools](../tools/)

[See it in Letterhead →](../lp/test-drive.html)

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