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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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I was reluctant to update to the new outlook but now since I can no longer use the classic application, I'm forced to use New Outlook.
This needs to be implemented now.
+1
This is such a basic operation that is paramount in ones' email organization and workflow. That fact this was not considered when creating a "New Outlook" is somewhat concerning and one of the main reasons I will not be adopting it.
Hopefully they can get this solved but since the post is from 2023 and we're now in 2025, I am unhopeful.
Dear Inema / Microsoft,
This response was from July 2023, but we still have the same issue today 16 January 2025.
This single feature is alredy the reason why I won't move away from Classic Outlook.
Are there any plans at all to fix this?
Thanks in advance!
Best regards,
Sonia
Can Microsoft please allow the manual sorting?!? Folks have been asking for this for 19 months now and it is super frustrating.
Adding folders to Favorites is not the same, and does not work in cases where the folder has subfolders (i.e. folders in Favorites cannot have subfolders).
this thread is now 18 months old. pathetic it is taking this long