i want to remove the ad sidebar in windows outlook email

After many emails between the moderators and me, the sidebar was finally removed from my email.  I had posted my complaint on different forums hoping that someone would finally help me.

I have a paid account (Hotmail Plus) and didn't think I should have to put up with the sidebar, since it is a way of advertising.

A moderator asked me to privately send a "screen shot" of what I saw on my computer screen.  It took a while to figure out how to do this, but I did it.

About a week later, my sidebar disappeared!  Yippee!!

In the meantime, before my sidebar was removed, I figured out that I could double click on the message in my inbox preview pane and get a full screen.  However, it just took more time to do this.  Or, I clicked on the little arrow pointing left at the top of the email message and that worked too.

Hopefully, Microsoft will see the error of their ways and remove this sidebar for everyone, or people will vote with their clicks and get rid of the new Outlook.

Hi Everyone,

We apologize for the delay in response. We understand your concerns about removing ads from your Outlook.com account.

As mentioned by my colleague JR\_N., we suggest that to please send us your ideas, requests or comments about Outlook.

You can post your suggestion and comments on this link:

Windows Feedback

If you have any clarifications with your account please post again on this forum. Your cooperation and understanding is highly appreciated.

Thanks!

Ive just seen on You Tube how you can Block Ad pop ups and Block Side Advert bar in the section called MY CHOICES on the new 2013 Outlook email system.

It works ---- until the next time you actually click on anything at all in your email page then it reverts to adding the adverts back on the side.

Really stupid - even the Micrsoft help section in MY CHOICES doesnt work.

Dont worry everyone - there is a chinese chap who states in the telegraph on sunday that he is ready to dominate Europe with his company Lenovo  and wants to be bigger then APPLE.

He may give us a somethig we all want

Funny answer

All we are asking is to have the facility to remove completely (should we wish so) the side advert bar that takes up some of the screen

In MY CHOICES section of the new system - it gives you chance to remove them - but then as soon as you do something active in your OUTLOOK emails , it comes back????????????????????

I hate that ad bar with a passion! If I can't remove it, or if they don't remove it, I'm going to stick a piece of paper with some tape to that side of my laptop screen out of sheer spite and I will REFUSE to buy anything that pops up there. I suspect that they will use the content of my archived emails to generate "user-friendly" ads.

My absolute metaphysical antipathy began when I went to the www.outlook.com website. Microsoft in all of the artificial intelligence saw that and took that as a sign that I wanted to "upgrade" my Hotmail account to their "new and improved" outlook email client. I sent their customer service an email voicing my displeasure and indicated my unease at their wanton disregard for the end-user's ability at least know about the change before having it thrust upon them. No boxes to click, no warning, just, "Hey, here you are. And, your welcome." *pat on the head* *patronizing grin*

There is absolutely nothing significantly better about the experience WHATSOEVER. Only an attempt to put another turnstile up in my email inbox.

Microsoft has the immeasurable gift of knowing how to callously alienate it's user base. Way to go, MS.

Just in case I didn't get my point across, there is no expletive, no invective that fully captures my hate, loathing, disgust, abhorrence, sadness, etc. at the choice that Microsoft has made in this instance. But I DO look forward to completing the online survey that they asked me to fill out when I came to this page.