Cannot manually sort folders with new Outlook

Anonymous
2023-07-03T12:33:06+00:00

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

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For home

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-06-14T19:33:04+00:00

    This needs to be prioritized much higher, looks like this has been an issue for your users for a year and seems like it would be a relatively small change to allow manual sorting. I use this feature all day, every day in classic outlook and will be switching back until this and a couple other things are fixed. Is there a certain amount of complaints that are needed to escalate this in priority?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-06T13:36:27+00:00

    This is seriously a joke right?
    Basic functionality and still not possible? Com'on MS, fix this!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-30T20:02:10+00:00

    This is so so so important. I really enjoyed some of the new features, but not being able to manually sort folders feels like a shiny new car with NO steering wheel. Definitely going back to classic. It's so annoying when in the quest to simplify Microsoft damages its own functionality.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-01T01:58:01+00:00

    It is really bothersome that this could be a hotfix, however is not done. This issue has been raised for almost one year now (comments here) and this still not fixed. Very disappointing .

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-30T20:48:44+00:00

    This would indeed be very useful and it doesn't seem to be implemented yet as of may 2024

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