New outlook - order of email accounts

Anonymous
2023-04-18T15:28:16+00:00

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

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-06-11T08:06:00+00:00

    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...?!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-28T16:49:31+00:00

    Sorry I misunderstood.

    Microsoft has a way of causing distress! Cant help you with this one. Call them. They will help

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-28T16:12:12+00:00

    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

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-28T15:58:54+00:00

    I want to rearrange the account position on the screen. Rearrange the order of the emails is really not the isue.

    email account 1

    email account 2

    email account 3

    New outlook wont let me slide email account 3 up to the top of email account 1.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-28T15:28:38+00:00

    Go to INBOX..Just above the first e mail top right you will see "Select" and "Filter" Click "Filter" and click "sort"

    You can then change order of received e mails.

    84 year old not too happy either..LOL

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