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

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-10T18:10:51+00:00

    Two things to add that are problem. You can move a folder to favorities though it doesnt move the subfolders under that that favorite. Also, you mention you can go back to classic outlook, though we are having trouble with that option. For some reason when you switch and then switch back to classic you lose the ability to create a MS Teams outlook calendar invitation. So now forced to only use the new outlook.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-14T13:20:09+00:00

    Can this feature be added ASAP! This is a critical functionality that no longer exists. Want to organize my email into folders and arrange priority folders or dated folders on top. Current situation is unusable. Return this feature please.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-15T11:58:38+00:00

    If you switch back to old Outlook and sort them I believe that the sorting will carry over. I wanted some new folders inserted in alphabetical order and was able to do this in old Outlook and then switch back and the change carried through

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-16T17:33:19+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

    I've gone through this ENTIRE list of 13 pages with many of the items being simply a BUMP to reenforce how important this feature is to the community. It's been NEARLY A YEAR since this original question was submitted, yet what should be a relatively simple fix from M$ has still NOT BEEN FIXED / implemented. How long until "new Outlook" is the only Outlook and then we'll all really be #$%^&*! Get off your butts and get this fixed!! BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP!!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-16T18:00:55+00:00

    I think I figured a workaround. I rename my non sorted new folders with a 2 at the end...example FOLDER2. Then open it, highlight all of the emails in that folder and hit MOVE to "new folder". It asks me for a name and I rename it. That new one from the MOVE to NEWFOLDER actually puts it into my old folder list, alphabetically. THen I delete the EMPTY FOLDER2.

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