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I have multiple email accounts linked to my outlook login, some for work, volunteering and some personal for me and family.
Since 'upgrading' to the new version, I have loads of 'favourites' which I never use and the order of the accounts is not how I want them. I can see how to change your primary but not how to sort the list to change the order top to bottom. Also can I remove the favourites as I don't use them, or even hide?
Thanks
Bill
Using classic Outlook for Windows in business environments
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In new outlook for ios---go to settings--> accounts--> edit. You see the 3 lines at the end of each account. You can then reorder the accounts. Click Done and then restart outlook.
Yep, agree with you on the bring 1 account to the top. It's the other 6 that I want to wiggle too that are the problem.
Thanks. This is something MS should have set up from the git-go. That and how to import your old emails sitting in the "old" outlook to the "new" outlook. I have business records in there that I refer to for current actions and I don't have a way to get that information.
Also, you can't take an email from the top email in your list and try and move (drag.drop) it to another email account. It won't let you do that. If you get the email in a gmail ID and try and move it to a comcast ID, You can't. That's another thing that the old email will do that the new won't.
Elmer
I found a way of bringing a preferred email account to the top of the folder view!
If you go into settings (the cog on the title bar)
go to accounts
go to email accounts
go to manage account
click on "set as primary account"
then save the setting and close the settings window
(it might say "setting things up" for ages here... and ask you to send whatever level of diagnostic data you prefer...
close outlook (new)
reopen outlook (new)
Aaaaand.... for me at least... the account that I wanted at the top - is at the top!
If you don't like the "favourites" account in the list you can hide that too. (right click and remove the favourite folders in there that you don't want, and add the ones you do)
I'm not sure if you can do this multiple times (start with the one you want at the bottom, then work your way up through your accounts til you get to the one you want at the top maybe?)... It might work without having to remove and re-add accounts...
Report back and see if this solves your issues please - or if you find a better way...?!
Sorry I misunderstood.
Microsoft has a way of causing distress! Cant help you with this one. Call them. They will help
You have misunderstood the question. Yes, we all know how to sort the emails received within a particular account, but the question is, if you have multiple accounts, e.g., one for work, one for personal, and one for business, how can you sort those accounts in the order of importance? Not how do you sort emails! I am 81 years old and deliriously happy. LOL