<link> in Outlook Android
Not supported <link> is not supported in Outlook Android.
Works in 3 of 21 · not supported in 18
Which clients
- Works
- Outlook Classic, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS
- Not supported
- Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Proton Mail, AOL Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman
Your reader in Outlook Android sees the email without <link>, even if it looks right where you tested it.
The fix for Outlook Android
Inline all CSS instead of using external stylesheets
<div style="max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto;">
<div style="background-color: #6d28d9; padding: 32px;"></div>
</div>Show the original
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" />
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What Outlook Android does with <link>
@emailens/engine 0.18.22 on the original code
Outlook Android does not support external stylesheets.
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Questions
- How many email clients support <link>?
- It works in 3 of 21, not supported in 18.
- What do I use instead of <link> in Outlook Android?
- Inline all CSS instead of using external stylesheets.
- Does <link> work in Outlook iOS?
- <link> is not supported in Outlook iOS. Closest to Outlook Android: Outlook iOS, which agrees on 270 of the 296 features both are tested on.
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caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 21 Dec 2023 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping