{"id":8981,"date":"2017-12-06T12:40:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T19:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=8981"},"modified":"2017-12-16T08:19:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T15:19:29","slug":"how-to-backup-and-import-the-email-signatures-in-outlook-2016-profiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/how-to-backup-and-import-the-email-signatures-in-outlook-2016-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Backup and Import the Email Signatures in Outlook 2016 Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

In August 2013 I wrote this article on How to Export and Import Outlook 2013 Account Settings<\/a>. The procedure I documented imports the POP3 account settings, but not the signatures. In this article, I will share the procedure you can use to either backup or import the signatures in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016.<\/p>\n

Before you wipe your Outlook profile make sure that you backup your signatures by copying them from the APPDATA folder in your profile in File Explorer. Keep in mind that by default the APPDATA folder is a hidden\u00a0folder, but you can remove the hidden attributes in File Explorer or using attrib<\/em> command at the Command Prompt. Use\u00a0the following command at the Start, Run box on Windows XP and later operating systems to quickly get to the Signatures folder:<\/p>\n

%APPDATA%\\Microsoft\\Signatures<\/strong><\/p>\n

Copy all the signatures files and the folders in the above folder to save them for future use. Don’t forget to back up all the associated folders. In addition, to the folders, there are three files for each email signature:<\/p>\n