How do I change the display name of emails on "New Outlook"?

Anonymous
2023-07-10T15:16:38+00:00

I have multiple emails that are the same except for a slight change on the end (eg emailaddressone, emailaddresstwo) on New Outlook, I can't distinguish them. Is there a way to change the display name of email accounts and also change the order at which they show up in the list?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-03T18:27:54+00:00

    Hello, Thanks for reaching out. I'm Dave, a Microsoft Outlook user just like yourself. I'm happy to be helping other users in the community! You should be able to change the name in which you see your email accounts by going to File-> Account Settings> Account Settings, double clicking the account in question, then changing the “Account name” field. Kind Regards, Dave Microsoft Community Member

    Like Outlook for web, changing the name on Outlook new is not supported right now. Please do send feedback using the Help option to let Microsoft know your thoughts.

    It is difficult without being able to change the name that recipients see who sent the emails with New Outlook. As it happens when we decided to change old to new Outlook my name was transferred so consequently when my husband sends an email it looks as though I have sent it. It cannot be rocket science to change this part of Outlook as I can see I am not the only one who has this problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-22T04:15:41+00:00

    Hi Jonathan,

    I followed your method to change the display name on New Outlook and got as far as clicking on Edit and then selecting FIND and typing my email address but cannot find any reference to "Friendly Name". Any suggestions?

    Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-21T23:59:52+00:00

    Well... I've dealt with the issue for the last few days, and I finally figured out how to change the "Display Name" for Outlook New.

    Click on the search bar on your Windows PC, and type "regedit'. Open the Registry Editor.

    Click on EDIT and then select FIND.

    In the find pop-up windows type the email for which you want to change the display name for.

    Once it find finds the entry, look for "Friendly name"

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-09-22T15:51:38+00:00

    OMG!

    I just started to read this thread from posts back in 2023. I was curious to find out how many months microsoft needed from the beginning to "update" new outlook to be able the change the name of the email account.

    But there is still no result...

    For CHANGING THE NAME 🤣🤣🤣

    I really can't believe this 🤣🤣🤣

    OMG!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-08-27T04:45:34+00:00

    Has there been an update on this ? I changed my primary display email and yet , I can’t change the “ from “ area to show the same email name

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