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
    2022-08-24T15:43:58+00:00

    I am able to now use the app Calendar with categories. Not sure when it happened or was updated. I am using Android - MS Outlook app and when I + (add) an appointment - at the very bottom of the appointment - it now has an active tag icon that has it as Categorize and I can add this. Which I think is new. So my apologies if everyone knows this.

    But I cannot seem to use or Categorize my emails yet on the app - which is still unfortunate. There is an option in Settings but I don't see a way to select a category in the email component - which is very weird. So correct in that regard. Thanks for noting this. I guess, I have kind of given up on this. Weird that it would be so close yet so far away in development.

    Yes, still some work to do.

    Troy

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-23T09:18:37+00:00

    Hello Rebecca,

    Do you have an update on the release date for this feature?

    Many thanks

    ReverendJTO

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-05-06T17:24:46+00:00

    Has the categories issue not displaying in mobile version of outlook for androids been resolved? I still am not able to assess this feature on my Samsung Galaxy phone.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-04-19T02:10:35+00:00

    I can now see all the outlook email categories I have set up on my laptop on my android. Huge step forward! But I can't figure out how to assign a category to an email. Help please

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