In previous versions of Microsoft Outlook (the classic app), you could view the HTML code of an email by opening the email, right-clicking on it, and selecting “View source” from the context menu.
This no longer works in the new Outlook app, and it appears that Microsoft has no plans to change this. However, there’s still a way to view the HTML code of an email with a little trick.
Here’s how it works: Open the email, then now click on the three-dot menu at the top-right corner to access the email’s context menu. (Make sure you aren’t accidentally accessing the three-dot menu in the toolbar instead!) In the menu, go to Save as > Save as EML and select a destination folder for the resulting file.
Next, launch File Explorer and navigate to the destination folder, then right-click on the EML file. Click on Open with > Choose another app and choose a text editor from the app list (e.g., Notepad). In the EML file, scroll down to the line that reads Content-Type: text/html, and after that is where you’ll find the HTML code for that email.
Further reading: Useful tips for the new Outlook app
This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.