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Provide a feature to Customize Account Names for email accounts configured in Microsoft Outlook 2016

Provide a feature to Customize Account Names for email accounts configured in Microsoft Outlook 2016 maintaining case as well as re-arrange their order in navigation pane. similar to Windows 10 Mail app. Also It would be helpful for those who are visual to have the option to change the background color of each mailbox, (Inbox, Sent, and Trash), to avoid confusion when quickly navigating between them.

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  • Vas commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please inform us how to change Display Name or First Name

  • M.M.A. commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    If it's not broken, don't fix it. Please allow us to rename exchange/outlook.com email accounts again.

  • Stu M. commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes this needs to be added. Its completely ridiculous that this isn't possible; I have long e-mail addresses because my name is long, and it now goes off the edge of the screen.

    I don't understand why this feature is not present.

  • GRRRRR commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Don't see why it is now not possible, should be able to name it whatever you want in outlook, this is basic organisation of user mailboxes. Now stuck with an "Online Archive - " I cannot rename to a more meaningful description.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Why does outlook seem to be regressing? Please have named accounts as a posibility, including those managed by Exchange on a Microsoft 365 Business.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Let's put that feature back in - my name looks so much nicer than my plain email address.

  • David commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Add it back...people get married etc etc ! What was the benefit of removing?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I can't believe there has not been an official solution. Please patch this evident issue.

  • Raghu commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Would love to have customized account name in outlook 2019.

    Thanks

  • Rags N commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Need to change the email account name in outlook 2019 .

  • Craig VA commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Don't understand why this cannot be amended manually. From a user standpoint, this should be a minimum feature.

  • robertbrokelmann@outlook.de commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I work in Outlook 365 with three mailboxes, all of which have the same names as the e-mail addresses. I think it's very important to be able to rename the mailboxes, give them short, concise names and ideally differentiate them by color.

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