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title: Choose Which Microsoft® Outlook® Items Sync with Salesforce for Outlook (Retiring)
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description: If you’re set up to sync your Outlook contacts, events, and tasks to Salesforce using the Sync Only the Outlook Items I Select option in Salesforce for Outlook, you’ll need to select which Outlook items you want to sync.
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# Choose Which Microsoft® Outlook® Items Sync with Salesforce for Outlook (Retiring)

If you’re set up to sync your Outlook contacts, events, and tasks to Salesforce using the Sync Only the Outlook Items I Select option in Salesforce for Outlook, you’ll need to select which Outlook items you want to sync.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience, if <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=000351596&amp;type=1&amp;mode=1&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Salesforce Classic is available in your org</a>.</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available with the purchase of Sales Cloud or Government Cloud in: <strong>Personal</strong>, <strong>Contact Manager</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

![Important](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_productivity-264-0-0-production-enus/b2f6c36a-fa61-4a3c-9752-032ce1818a69/images/icon_important.png)

Important Full product retirement for Salesforce for Outlook is scheduled on January 30, 2027. See [Salesforce for Outlook Retirement](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=000393445&type=1&mode=1&language=en_US). To keep integrating Microsoft Outlook with Salesforce, check out our next-generation products: the Outlook integration and Einstein Activity Capture. See [Move from Salesforce for Outlook (Retiring) to the Next-Generation Products](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=outlookcrm_sfo_move_parent.htm&language=en_US).

1. In Outlook, select the contacts, events, and tasks you want to sync.
2. On the Outlook ribbon, click **Categorize**.
3. Select the category Sync with Salesforce.
    
    The items you categorized will start syncing during the next sync cycle.