Using Categories in Outlook mobile app

Anonymous
2021-09-10T02:55:44+00:00

Hi

Does anyone know how to apply Categories to emails in the Outlook for Android app please?

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Anonymous
2021-09-10T07:41:47+00:00

Hi Zeal,

Glad to help you here. Along with the “Categories” option, Microsoft Outlook for Android will also get a new floating action menu to help you quickly access a few essential features. You will be able to access the menu by tapping and holding the compose button. You will be able to access the menu by tapping and holding the compose button.

The upcoming “Categories” feature on Microsoft Outlook for Android will allow users to group emails, events, and contacts based on customizable categories. Once released, the feature will show up as a new “Categories” option in the app settings.

Tapping on this option will open a new page, which will include a couple of predefined categories and a button to add a custom category. When you tap on any of these predefined categories, you will see a pop-up that will let you change the category name and color. However, it isn’t clear how these categories will be displayed in the inbox. So you may update the Outlook at first to have a try whether it could work or not.

Hope that this answers your concern. If you have any questions about this issue or I misunderstand your meaning, please feel free to reply and I will answer for you. Thank you very much.

Regards,

Rebecca

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-08-28T13:12:11+00:00

    Ditto! Obviously this is important to so many people and still nothing.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-14T01:42:49+00:00

    Microsoft, when is this going to be available? Lack of parity with the desktop app severely degrades the usefulness of Mobile Outlook. Categories is a must have. Without it, Google Suite is immensely more functional because of this single feature.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-13T11:46:41+00:00

    When will the feature to "apply" a category to an email be available?

    I see all my categories.

    I can apply categories to my calendar events.

    I can't figure out how to to add/apply a category to my emails.

    Any help is appreciated.

    Thanks

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-11T19:02:00+00:00

    Hi,

    Do you have an ETA of this feature?

    If you've a beta app I would also be happy to try.

    Cheers

    Alessandro Di Girolamo (CERN)

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