Switch from 'new' Outlook (2023) to 'classic' outlook

Anonymous
2023-04-18T20:26:13+00:00

I need to go back to the Classic version because the 'new' Outlook lacks some features that I need for work.

This webpage https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/getting-started-with-the-new-outlook-for-windows-656bb8d9-5a60-49b2-a98b-ba7822bc7627 states "You can switch back whenever you want, just switch the toggle off in the new Outlook and it will automatically open the classic version."

There is no toggle. Is there any other way I can undo this update and go back to the previous version?

EDIT: Moved FROM Microsoft 365 Insider / Outlook / Windows TO Outlook / Outlook for Windows / For business.

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For home

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Anonymous
2023-04-19T15:15:49+00:00

Once flipped on, the toggle is irrelevant since the "old" version still exists. Just run it. You should still be able to find its shortcut in Start (and wherever else you might have had it before), but if not you will see outlook.exe in one of these places (may vary slightly depending on edition), so if necessary make a new shortcut:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16

or here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16

The nice thing about the New Outlook is that it's not an either/or proposition (like New Teams is). You have both old and new. You can even run them concurrently.

But if running that actually runs New Outlook for you (some have reported that's the case), then either:

  1. Uninstall Outlook

or

  1. run Regedit.exe and go here (or the same with 15.0, if you don't have 16.0):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Preferences

And in that you will see UseNewOutlook

Set it to 0, which means that running old Outlook actually runs it.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-05-03T19:15:50+00:00

    i need my old outlook back and all the e-mails back

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-05-03T14:55:35+00:00

    Yes, understood. I happened to think of a similar but more esoteric thing that you can do in Old Outlook but seemingly not in New: edit received messages. Admittedly, the way that's done in Old Outlook is pretty subtle (you can't just edit any received message at will, you have to tell it that you want to), so very few probably know about it, but when you need it you really need it. I have much less expectation that this will ever make it to New.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-03T02:04:28+00:00

    I turned off the New Look toggle on the top right and the UI switched back to the classic within seconds.

    Good luck

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-03T02:02:38+00:00

    Good point about shared calendars, however, my main issue is external clients scheduling me. If I cant edit my events then I cant use the new UI. Plain and simple.

    Thanks again for the internal solution

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