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
    2024-04-22T08:48:06+00:00

    And I just went back to classic just because of this. I can't believe something as simple as moving folders around can be so difficult to implement.

    Same here, actually the whole company +160 people. Not possible to work in New Outlook for us because of this and some other things that has not been implemented yet, It's just absolutely ridiculous.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-19T14:23:29+00:00

    And I just went back to classic just because of this. I can't believe something as simple as moving folders around can be so difficult to implement.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-08T15:33:07+00:00

    ...a workaround is to name your folder with numbers at the beginning since folders are sorted alphabetically...

    This isn't a solution because the program doesn't allows us to rename the default folders.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-02T01:01:08+00:00

    I might have found a work-around to move a subfolder into the correct position alphabetically. If you change the name of the folder that's in the wrong spot alphabetically (such as by putting a "z" in front of the name), it will move the folder to the correct spot (the end of the list in my "z" example). Next, go to the same folder and change the name back to normal. It should move it back to the correct spot. Not ideal, but at least I can find my folders now.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-03-13T16:11:14+00:00

    SO frustrating. Adding my name to the list of people who need this.

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