How to remove [External] from Outlook emails, users are getting furious

Anonymous
2022-12-13T14:26:06+00:00

Since early December all of our Outlook365 users (in all tenants) have been getting the tag [External] in the subject line of their Outlook, and want it removed. I am only finding PS scripts which do not work. I have searched the settings and security areas of the admin console but have not found anything. Please help!

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-03-25T13:50:48+00:00

    Hi there, this helpful link has been posted before in this forum and solved the problem. Very easy fix! What it did not fix is if you have folders into which you filter incoming mail (trying to see how i can make this technique work for that) but the "external" tag will no longer appear in your inbox.

    https://superuser.com/questions/1763932/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-external-label-in-outlook

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-24T23:05:40+00:00

    I just lodged a feedback as I also don't like that "external" comment on my "from" field. It takes too much space from my inbox.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-14T10:25:41+00:00

    Here is easy solution that seemes to work :)

    How do I get rid of the "External" label in Outlook? - Super User

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-12T17:01:11+00:00

    This is great for sysadmins! Now if only us users had the option of turning it off without asking our sysadmin!

    This horrendous decision is due to Microsoft's decades-long complete and utter cluelessness about the primary importance of user needs over the day-to-day control of IT. It's staggering to me that after all these years, Microsoft has STILL failed to change, and clearly didn't even do basic user research to figure out how millions upon millions of users would feel and react to this. It is the stupidest decision to make this feature incapable of being changed by ordinary users. I can no longer see what meetings I have that have been set up by clients. My calendar says EXTERNAL EXTERNAL EXTERNAL across my entire week. My emails can no longer be scanned because the subject line now reads EXTERNAL EXTERNAL EXTERNAL down the entire Inbox. This is corporate stupidity about end users and lack of basic user research at a level I have not seen since the mid-1990s.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-15T19:26:13+00:00

    FYI, this does not seem to make a difference for Outlook users.

    Changing views from Compact to Single or even Preview, does not hide or remove the [External] from emails.

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