New outlook - order of email accounts

This works for me

On the left-hand side select

Favorites

> click on ...

> Add Favorite

> choose the InBox of each of the email accounts in turn

> once all accounts added, then

> you can Re-order the inboxes as required.

The actual accounts aren't reordered,

The shortcuts created in the Favorites are reordered.

These instructions work for the 'Android' version of 'new' Outlook - at least, in early 2025 - but not for the desktop version! Just ANOTHER example of how there is NO UNIFORMITY between different versions of Microsoft Office/365 apps, making them useless for most users who wish to access apps on different devices or in different locations - desktop, web, mobile!!!

Feb 2025 now and no solution.

You can no longer switch back to Mail and re-order there.

If you submit feedback you get a message saying

NEW OUTLOOK FOR WINDOWS DOES NOT SUPPORT THE REORDERING OF FOLDERS!

simple answer is you can't reorder you're accounts.

The work arounds are delete all you emails and add them back in one by one or use favorites.

I was going to write a sarcastic message but figured the mods would delete the post :D

This thread is over 2 years old, if they haven't added the functionality by now they never will

I have spent the entire afternoon trying to reinstall the old version and simply can't find a way to do it. Since installing New Outlook, my "old" Outlook together with folders and saved emails have completely disappeared. I need access to those saved emails and can't get to them.

So, I have looked into this, and the folks at Microsoft are misleading everyone when it comes to New Outlook (aka Mail).

The IMAP function has been removed, so you won't be able to use anything other than 365 or Outlook (personal accounts) on there.

Mail has been discontinued, and you can no longer roll it back, no matter how hard you try. Unless someone knows where to get an old version that can be downloaded as a standalone app, there’s no way to revert. If you try and it doesn’t work, you’ll lose any current IMAP accounts that sit outside of Microsoft—so be warned.

Microsoft wants everyone’s data, so for some users, you can get a code to allow Microsoft Cloud to act as an interface between you and your non-MS accounts.

So your email will go:
Client (desktop app) → Microsoft Cloud → Your email provider.

Even basic functionality like rules, which normally sit on the client (desktop app), will no longer work on none Microsoft accounts.

Microsoft has made New Outlook unusable to force you to either pay for the full version as a perpetual license for one PC/laptop or get a monthly subscription.

To answer your question:

If your emails were set up as IMAP accounts, with luck, you should be able to get them back, depending on your email provider, by accessing the web version... I lost a bunch, but I use a cheap email provider.

If you set them up as POP3, they are gone. They are in there somewhere but you can't access them. Hopefully some clever tech can figure it out.

As far as I can tell Microsoft accounts are not affected, so if you were using anything from MS you should be fine.

If there is a Mod on here from Microsoft I would be happy to be corrected.