If you want to change the rest of the names of other categories and assign a new one, then you need to click on Rename option and set the desirable name. This is how you can customize your Categories. Now, click on New and assign a name, color and shortcut key to your category and click on OK. Click on the same Categorize option and select All Categories. If you want to create a category of your own, then it is also easy. So, this is how you can categorize your items on Outlook. If the Categorize option doesn’t show up by the right click, then select the particular mail folder, and under the tags section, click on Categorize option. For this, you just need to right click on the mail section and in the Categorize option, select a color (refer the image). It is very easy to assign categories to the mails. Add Color categories to emails in Outlook There are default categories available for this purpose, or the user can create their own.
With the help of categories, the user can separate various items and quickly track and organize them. Color categories in Outlook allow users to differentiate between their different groups of emails.
