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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Nicholas D. Johnson shared this idea · Jun 12, 2017 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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Anonymous commented · June 1, 2020 5:45 PM · Flag as inappropriate

PLEASE ! I need to change my account name!

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Tim Smith commented · May 30, 2020 5:23 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Please make this possible!

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Anonymous commented · May 29, 2020 8:01 AM · Flag as inappropriate

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

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David commented · May 28, 2020 8:19 AM · Flag as inappropriate

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

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Rakesh Luthra commented · May 24, 2020 2:59 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Please reinstate

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Ray commented · May 24, 2020 2:58 PM · Flag as inappropriate

This should be very helpfull!!!!!!!

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[Deleted User] commented · May 22, 2020 1:55 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Can't understand why this was removed. Please reinstate

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Jonathan Young commented · May 19, 2020 4:40 PM · Flag as inappropriate

yes please

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Chris Clarke commented · May 18, 2020 2:46 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Seriously, who was the idiot who removed this feature?

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Anonymous commented · May 14, 2020 5:17 AM · Flag as inappropriate

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

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Raghu commented · May 13, 2020 2:49 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Would love to have customized account name in outlook 2019.

Thanks

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Rags N commented · May 12, 2020 9:59 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Need to change the email account name in outlook 2019 .

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Craig VA commented · May 12, 2020 4:41 PM · Flag as inappropriate

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

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robertbrokelmann@outlook.de commented · May 6, 2020 8:40 AM · 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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Alex commented · May 3, 2020 2:26 PM · Flag as inappropriate

This is VERY important from User Experience stand point!

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D Thurston commented · April 30, 2020 1:44 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Customers complain about the length of the mailbox title. It looks messy. Allowing this cleans-up the email workspace.

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J Parker commented · April 28, 2020 3:09 AM · Flag as inappropriate

some email addresses are quite long, making it impossible to manage without the ability to change the name.

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Raghu commented · April 27, 2020 5:15 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Prefer to set my own custom Display name for Exchange mail. Please add this feature in outlook in office 2019.

thanks

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Craig Fisher commented · April 27, 2020 11:24 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Sigh. Microsoft - these are quick wins which would vastly improve customer-satisfaction. You're do yourselves a disservice in ignoring these low-hanging fruit...

Please fix it!

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Anonymous commented · April 23, 2020 5:17 PM · Flag as inappropriate

This feature would make my life easier at work

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