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
    2023-02-28T17:15:45+00:00

    Appears to me that this function/option is being ignored by Microsoft. :-(

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-07T21:13:10+00:00

    When will the categories feature in the email section of the Android app be released please?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-08T11:07:48+00:00

    Hello,

    This problem is still not resolved.

    Categories customized in the Outlook Windows app doesnt sync with Outlook Andoid apps. The renamed category or the new category doesnt appear the same in Andoid app from Windows app. Moreover, already categorized emails in the Windows app does not show the category in the Android app.

    I am not sure whether anybody else is facing the same problem. I would like to note that the gmail account is used in the Outlook in my case. Probably, the replication of categories from Outlook to Gmail doesnt function properly. Any help is appreciated.

    Thanks and Best Regards,

    Raghavendra Hegde

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-04-22T18:26:06+00:00

    This thread is nearly 3 years old! Nothing I can say that hasn't already been stated, this feature is incredibly useful and essential to my daily job. The fact that it's not on the Android app is a workflow-breaking problem and it's why my team still uses only uses Outlook in combination with Gmail. Where is this feature? What can users do?

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