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Hi All
I'm loving the new Outlook, however I'm having real difficulty manually sorting my email folders.
Clicking & dragging the folder, only allows me to drop the folder INTO another folder, but doesn't allow me to drop it in between other folders (meaning I cannot re-arrange / sort the folders manually).
Right clicking the folder and clicking "Move", again only allows me to move the folder INTO another folder. There is no "move up or down" option unfortunately.
It is currently sorting my folders in alphabetical order, but I wish to change this. I have been through all the settings and cannot find anywhere I can manually sort my email folders.
Can anyone assist?
Thank you
Thomas
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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Just started to use the New Outlook. Now we're well into 2024 and still NOTHING! How can this be? Why isn't this just fixed? Just do it for crying out loud! It's always the same ****, not everything is included in our NEW version and then it takes MORE than FROEVER to even just fix the most basic stuff!
This is so annoying. I cannot make a new folder and stick it alphabetically between two other folders. So now, I have my old folder list and a rapidly growing "new" list of folders.
Good job fixing something that wasn't broken. Seems kind of simple to drag and drop a folder between two others, but it just adds a sub folder.
Agreed! Please update this feature. It has been too long to still not be available.
This is a vital function for anyone who's company uses Outlook but especially for those receiving hundreds of emails a day. Please make this a high priority and include in the next release/update. Thank you
This needs to be looked at and corrected. How is there no "sort" option at all? I use Outlook for Web and separate my folders by month with subfolders inside each one. Outlook only allows them to be sorted alphabetically, but this is impractical for monthly folders. I've tried dragging subfolders out of the parent category and dragging them back in, but refreshing the page places it back in alphabetical order.