Manage the Google sign-in prompt in Outlook 2016 for Mac

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  • Applies to:
    Outlook 2016 for Mac

Original KB number:   4340460

Notification

When you use Outlook 2016 for Mac version 16.13 (180513) or a later version, you are prompted to sign in to your Google account.

Screenshot of prompting to sign in the Google account.

Option to disable notification

To turn off this prompt, set the Outlook googlePromoTriggeredPref PLIST value to TRUE. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. On your Mac, select Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal.

    Screenshot to select the Finder item in the Mac toolbar.

  2. Type the following command, and then press Return:

    defaults write com.microsoft.Outlook googlePromoTriggeredPref -bool TRUE