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
    2024-02-21T01:10:56+00:00

    Seconded.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-30T20:00:02+00:00

    Nearly everyone in our organization organizes their outlook folders. So we all hope as Microsoft finished up their development of the New Outlook that they add back in the ability to organize folders.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-22T02:01:19+00:00

    I see that it works for my hotmail account but not my gmail account to sort by "From", "Subject", "Received" etc.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-16T16:33:14+00:00

    yes, you are right offcourse, i just shared my little workaround. They should implement that eature ASAP.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-16T16:02:07+00:00

    My solution was to number the folders. and thus i´m able to reorder the files, for example, 00_xxx becomes the first , 001_xxxx the second, etc...

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