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Get rid of "Focused"
Focused inbox is not useful. Focused inbox has been putting too many items into the Other. Get rid of it!
2,577 votesThank you for reaching out to let us know about your recent experience while using outlook.com.
We have some good news! You can actually turn the Focused inbox feature off and on as you wish. To do so:
1. Go to settings in the top right corner of your screen. On the next screen,look in the left panel.
2.Scroll down until you see a heading titled Layout.
3.Listed under layout you should see an option for Focused Inbox.
After you’ve clicked on Focused Inbox you will be given the option to “sort messages into Focused and Other” or “Don’t sort messages”.
4.After selecting one of these options make sure to click the save button at the top of your screen then click options on the top left to return to your updated inbox.If you are interested in learning more about our Focused inbox feature and how it works please…
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sender's email address not viewable?
We used to be able to see the sender's actual email address in the inbox when hovering over their "name" with the mouse cursor.
This does not work anymore. Very unsafe.
I now have to open the virus ridden email to see who it's from, in order to verify whether or not it is from a "fake" or imposter sender.
Please bring back the hover.
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Getting more spam than normal lately
I am getting way to much SPAM
692 votesThank you all for bringing this to our attention. We have been coordinating with the Anti-Spam team and they were able to fix a recent issue with the spam filter
If you continue receiving extensive amounts of spam on a daily basis please contact one of our support teams. We’re here to help, but your support requests will be answered more quickly at the following links: https://support.office.com/article/8c95d913-d96b-4065-9171-e1fa44b03ff5 .
The Outlook Mobile Team
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Make it easier for the user change your password. I cannot find anywhere on the mobile app to change my password
Make it so that a password can be changed in the mobile app
360 votesHey There!
Thank you for reaching out to let us know about your recent experience while using the Oultook.com app.
We apologize for the inconvenience and believe all your questions can be answered by going to the following link: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-help-with-Outlook-com-40676ad0-c831-45ac-a023-5be633be798d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Here you will find assistance for everything from getting started using your account to troubleshooting any issues that may arise. ?
If you have a feature you would like to see added to the app in the future please let us know here in the UserVoice forum.
All the best,
The Outlook TeamPS: We are not able to see replies to this address. Please refer any additional questions you may have to in-app support or the online answer forums.
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bring back the bcc
the bcc option is an important feature. why is it missing from outlook mail?
270 votesWe added the BCC option back into the compose window, thanks for the feedback and keep it coming
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Please allow infinite scroll for inbox.
This would be great, not having to click next page many different times. Thanks. :)
235 votesInfinite scroll does exist in the new Outlook.com
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Update security
Was blocked access to my hotmail because visiting another country and couldn't send myself the text to unlock it so went through a large questionnaire process to get into my emails only to be told to change my password and when I went to add the security option of sending an email to another address (my husbands Gmail works fine) only to be told once again to send a text to my phone anyway! Why did I go through this process for nothing?! Pathetic
155 votesHey There!
Thank you for reaching out to let us know about your recent experience while using the Oultook.com app.
We apologize for the inconvenience and believe all your questions can be answered by going to the following link: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-help-with-Outlook-com-40676ad0-c831-45ac-a023-5be633be798d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Here you will find assistance for everything from getting started using your account to troubleshooting any issues that may arise. ?
If you have a feature you would like to see added to the app in the future please let us know here in the UserVoice forum.
All the best,
The Outlook TeamPS: We are not able to see replies to this address. Please refer any additional questions you may have to in-app support or the online answer forums.
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Email items not opens in Mobile site even after touching it multiple times
First Outlook takes way too much time to load on Mobile site. After that once it loads the email it simply won't open it even after touching it multiple times. Somebody seriously need to test this feature if you are not already doing it.
125 votesHey There!
Thank you for reaching out to let us know about your recent experience while using the Oultook.com app.
We apologize for the inconvenience and believe all your questions can be answered by going to the following link: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-help-with-Outlook-com-40676ad0-c831-45ac-a023-5be633be798d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Here you will find assistance for everything from getting started using your account to troubleshooting any issues that may arise. ?
If you have a feature you would like to see added to the app in the future please let us know here in the UserVoice forum.
All the best,
The Outlook TeamPS: We are not able to see replies to this address. Please refer any additional questions you may have to in-app support or the online answer forums.
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I don't know what's going on my emails are not delivering instead it appears at daft
My emails are not delivering instead it's goes to the draft folder
115 votesHey, everyone!
Thank you all for your patience today, we have issued a fix the for this issue and your email accounts should be functioning as normal.
If you continue to experience sending / receiving issues please Let us know here.
All the best,
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Why have my messages started to go to junk?
Why, even AFTER I pull the message out of junk and send to inbox, the next message from the SAME sender goes to junk! What have you changed and how can I undo that stupidity?
92 votesHey There!
Thank you for reaching out to let us know about your recent experience while using the Oultook.com app.
We apologize for the inconvenience and believe all your questions can be answered by going to the following link: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-help-with-Outlook-com-40676ad0-c831-45ac-a023-5be633be798d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Here you will find assistance for everything from getting started using your account to troubleshooting any issues that may arise. ?
If you have a feature you would like to see added to the app in the future please let us know here in the UserVoice forum.
All the best,
The Outlook TeamPS: We are not able to see replies to this address. Please refer any additional questions you may have to in-app support or the online answer forums.
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Shared calendar notifications
I'd like to be able to receive notifications when someone adds something to a calendar that we share. We used to be able to have that capacity and it would be really useful if we had that again!
81 votesThis is available to all users: Open Outlook.com Calendar; click the Settings gear icon, Options; from Options pane, expand Calendar, Shared Calendars; click Calendar updates; check any calendar to receive calendar updates or uncheck any calendar to stop calendar updates; Save.
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Let users subscribe to Sports Teams calendars
One of the reasons I can't make myself switch from Google Calendars to Outlook is that Google lets me search for, and subscribe to, college and professional sports calendars (which get updated on the fly with scores and date changes/playoff additions, etc). If outlook supported this (both college and pro) in addition to things like Holiday calendars, I could make the switch.
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I can't receive or send mail
Please check this email address for me ( JMontas@outlook.com) why I can't add another Microsoft Account with it. It's my default Mail Address.
One more issue with it I can't receive or send any mails.
Thank you66 votesHey There!
Thank you for reaching out to let us know about your recent experience while using the Outlook.com app.
We apologize for the inconvenience and believe all your questions can be answered by going to the following link: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-help-with-Outlook-com-40676ad0-c831-45ac-a023-5be633be798d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Here you will find assistance for everything from getting started using your account to troubleshooting any issues that may arise. ☺
If you have a feature you would like to see added to the app in the future, please let us know here in the UserVoice forum.
All the best,
The Outlook Mobile Team
PS: We are not able to see replies to this address. Please refer any additional questions you may have to in-app support or the online answer forums.
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60 votes
Hey There!
Thank you for reaching out to let us know about your recent experience while using the Oultook.com app.
We apologize for the inconvenience and believe all your questions can be answered by going to the following link: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-help-with-Outlook-com-40676ad0-c831-45ac-a023-5be633be798d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Here you will find assistance for everything from getting started using your account to troubleshooting any issues that may arise. ?
If you have a feature you would like to see added to the app in the future please let us know here in the UserVoice forum.
All the best,
The Outlook TeamPS: We are not able to see replies to this address. Please refer any additional questions you may have to in-app support or the online answer forums.
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Sharable Calendars
I'd love to be able to share my work schedule with my SO, that doesn't mean they want to see all my job appointments, or sport related events.
I'd love to be able to create a work schedule calendar that I can share with my SO, a sports event calendar that I can share with my football friends, etc.57 votesThis is now available to all users: Open login to your work calendar in Outlook on the web; click “Share” along the top and choose the calendar you wish to share. Enter the email address of the person with whom you wish to share the calendar, choose the level of permissions, and click Share.
You can also share your calendar from a work account to a personal account using Outlook on iOS or Android.
A few notes:
- It’s possible that your work’s IT Admin has blocked sharing of calendars externally, and you’ll see an error if that’s the case.- If the other person is using another calendar service such as Gmail.com, they will need to use the internet calendar URL provided in the sharing email, or you can generate one from Calendar Settings (under Calendar publishing). They will use the URL ending in “.ics” to add an internet…
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Make it easier to filter messages by categories
Categories: I am missing the option to have Categories show in the folder pane. Without Categories in the folder pane, there is no way to view all emails that fall within a particular category, making categories relatively useless.
In addition, categories are nowhere as "user friendly" in Outlook.com Preview. Color-coding is fine but it would be better to have the ability to rename the colors to define specific uses (i.e., red=Important, green=in progress, yellow=assigned, etc.)
51 votesPlease check the options available to you: settings cog > Options > Mail > Layout > Categories. There you can specify which categories to show in the folder pane.
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Add an option to delete folders on the mobile web site or app
As per title, why this function isn't there already is baffling
49 votesHey There!
Thank you for reaching out to let us know about your recent experience while using the Oultook.com app.
We apologize for the inconvenience and believe all your questions can be answered by going to the following link: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-help-with-Outlook-com-40676ad0-c831-45ac-a023-5be633be798d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Here you will find assistance for everything from getting started using your account to troubleshooting any issues that may arise. ?
If you have a feature you would like to see added to the app in the future please let us know here in the UserVoice forum.
All the best,
The Outlook TeamPS: We are not able to see replies to this address. Please refer any additional questions you may have to in-app support or the online answer forums.
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Stop. Whatever Outlook is doing and sending me stuff to my hotmail- stop. I hate outlook, period. Stop.
My hotmail gets messages from outlook on when my bills are due because it basically reads my emails. Stop it. I know when to pay my bills. I already get emails from the places where my bills are due! I don’t need outlook’s help. Yes, I have already gone through the settings; and it still happens. So STOP!!
44 votesHey there!
Thank you for using Outlook.com and reaching out to us regarding your recent experience.
Currently, this channel is dedicated to feedback requests only, but we recently added in-app support to assist you with your questions and concerns.
To contact in-app support please use the following steps:
Sign into your email account on any web browser on a pc or Mac, www.outlook.com .
Click the ? in the top menu bar to open the Help pane.
Click on the Help link toward the bottom of the pane to open the Contact Support box.
We look forward to assisting you there!
All the best
The Outlook Team
PS: Please use the Help Section of the app for any questions, we are not able to see replies to this address.
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Delete big groups of mail
Delete mail in big groups, ( I have over a thousand)if there then make it easier to find out how. Please help me out.
40 votesHey There!
Thank you for reaching out to let us know about your recent experience while using the Oultook.com app.
We apologize for the inconvenience and believe all your questions can be answered by going to the following link: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-help-with-Outlook-com-40676ad0-c831-45ac-a023-5be633be798d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Here you will find assistance for everything from getting started using your account to troubleshooting any issues that may arise. ?
If you have a feature you would like to see added to the app in the future please let us know here in the UserVoice forum.
All the best,
The Outlook TeamPS: We are not able to see replies to this address. Please refer any additional questions you may have to in-app support or the online answer forums.
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Option to move a calendar event to another calendar
Users make mistakes and, since I have multiple calendars synced on my device, I sometimes add a new event to the wrong calendar.
It would be very handy to change the calendar of an event, so I can move it to the correct calendar40 votesHi — this is now possible to do in Outlook.com Calendar. When you’re viewing an event, there is a option titled “Save to calendar”. You can change that option to the calendar you’d like the event to be moved to, and then save your changes.
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