How do I move email, calendar, people icons back to bottom of folder pane in Outlook?

Anonymous
2021-02-26T00:06:28+00:00

I have Office 365 and an update installed today. It updated Outlook and moved my email, calendar, and people icons from the bottom of the folder pane to a separate bar to the left of the folder pane. They also added icons for Office apps. I don't need icons to Office apps in Outlook--if I need to open one of those apps, I'll use the icons in my Windows taskbar. But that's a minor issue. My main issue is that I hate the icons in that bar on the left and want to move them back to the bottom of the folder pane, but I can't figure out how to do that. The rest of my team is also annoyed at the new position, but none of us can figure out how to move that bar. Online help doesn't cover this. I'm talking about the bar outlined in red in the first image below. Does anyone know how to move this back to the bottom of the folder pane? See the other image, which shows where the bar used to be.

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Diane Poremsky MVP 17,526 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2022-12-12T12:53:44+00:00

If you have all updates installed, you should have 2211 (or higher) -

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Go to File > Options > Advanced, and remove the check from the option to Show apps in Outlook. It's at the top - uncheck it to revert the bar to the bottom. Then restart Outlook!

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This is only a temporary solution though - so vote for and comment on tone or both of these suggestions - hopefully they will add a permanent solution for people who want to remove it.

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Do not change the overrides key if you have the check box in Options (above)

If you don't have the option, you can add a string value named Microsoft.Office.Outlook.Hub.HubBar to the key below and set it to False, then restart Outlook. (It's only a short-term fix, although right now, we don't know how short term.) 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\ExperimentConfigs\ExternalFeatureOverrides\outlook

If you don't want to edit the registry, I have a ready to use reg file at the end of this article - 

https://www.slipstick.com/outlook/outlooks-left-navigation-bar/

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Anonymous
2022-11-10T13:48:56+00:00

Hi all,

The Outlook Team seeing your feedback will be adding a temporary option (snooze option) to put the navigation bar back at the bottom starting in Version 2211 which should release ETA ~November 28, 2022. You can find more in the blog article how this will work in the Nov 9 update, Outlook for Windows: New location for the Mail, Calendar, People, and other modules (microsoft.com).

Another common feedback is that the navigation bar on the left takes up too much precious reading pane space. In the same article Oct 7 update, the Outlook Team made it possible to minimize the folder list/folder pane to regain some of that lost space starting in Version 2210 that just released, Outlook for Windows: New location for the Mail, Calendar, People, and other modules (microsoft.com).

With all the feedback and concern I wanted to make sure you saw these changes.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-03-11T13:16:17+00:00

    Longer term the Outlook Team is planning that the bar be moved to the left as a permanent feature. For reference, here it is on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap | Microsoft 365. There is not currently any plan to enable it back on the bottom. I have shared this forum thread with the team to see feedback.

    I wanted to make sure you knew the Outlook Team was aware of the issue and taking corrective action to prevent this happening again.

    This is a horrible change as a permanent feature! I don't personally like apps on the left side of the screen. Not to mention that for so many years I'm used to going to the menu in a spot on my screen to go back to the home menu. The addition of the app bar on the left side of the screen now moves my menus over and I wind up clicking on the file menu instead of home, and of course that brings me off the screen I'm on.

    Please encourage the Outlook Team to think twice about the app bar and allow your customers to determine where it works best for them. I keep my toolbar on the bottom of the screen up all the time with the very same apps that appear on the app bar; so this extra intrusion into my workspace and my workflow is totally unnecessary!

    I will provide feedback when the "Coming Soon" feature is present on my Outlook, as well.

    Thank you for listening, and taking these concerns back to the Outlook Team.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-03-11T13:29:49+00:00

    Thank you so mucy Lsse R, this worked for me too. Lord knows why it moved in the first place...

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-03-11T13:55:16+00:00

    Greetings from across the pond. You're right, it took a whole minute, and although I didn't get the "Coming Soon" option it still

    worked. I'll raise a glass to you tonight at about 18.30 GMT, an Italian red of some description.

    Thank you and cheers.

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