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
    2024-10-17T15:20:16+00:00

    Er, whatever problem I thought I was encountering, appears to have been fixed or was an illusion.

    I swear that when I added folders typified by the x suffix, under 2024, in new Outlook, they did not sort rationally, they now do.

    My apologies to Microsoft if I was deranged, and my congratulations and gratitude if I wasn't!

    AH! Hang on. What happens if I change a folder? Still good!

    On this basis I'm moving to new Outlook.

    Regards,

    Martin

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-10-17T14:48:25+00:00

    Yes, I'm having the same difficulty. What I've been doing is adding "A", "AA" "AAA", etc. in front of the folders I want to see at the top of the list. Numbers work as well.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-10-09T17:19:01+00:00

    I don't have the option to give feedback, but I second having the ability to easily move folders, I would also like to lobby for the ability to add a color option to the folders. Pretty please!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-10-04T18:38:04+00:00

    This worked for me until I restarted Outlook, then the numbers were ignored and it was back to alphabetical order.

    So I revamped your system into a letter+number system:

    a.1

    a.1.1

    a.2

    a.2.1

    a.2.2

    ...continue to a.9, then start with b:

    b.1

    etc.

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