<svg> in Outlook Classic
Not supported <svg> is not supported in Outlook Classic.
Works in 5 of 21 · partial in 1 · not supported in 15
Which clients
- Works
- Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, Proton Mail, Superhuman
- Partial
- Apple Mail
- Not supported
- Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, HEY Mail, AOL Mail, Fastmail
Your reader in Outlook Classic sees the email without <svg>, even if it looks right where you tested it.
The fix for Outlook Classic
Convert inline SVG to an image for email compatibility
<img src="https://example.com/icon.png"
width="24" height="24" alt="Icon"
style="display: block; border: 0;" />Show the original
<svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
<path d="M12 2L2 7l10 5 10-5-10-5z" fill="#6d28d9"/>
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What Outlook Classic does with <svg>
@emailens/engine 0.18.22 on the original code
Outlook Classic does not support inline SVG.
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Questions
- How many email clients support <svg>?
- It works in 5 of 21, partial in 1, not supported in 15.
- What do I use instead of <svg> in Outlook Classic?
- Convert inline SVG to an image for email compatibility.
- Does <svg> work in AOL Mail?
- <svg> is not supported in AOL Mail. Closest to Outlook Classic: AOL Mail, which agrees on 206 of the 298 features both are tested on.
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