New Outlook mode - Light/Dark background setting

Anonymous
2023-05-04T12:42:24+00:00

Where can I find the below setting when I'm in the "New Outlook" mode:

If you prefer, you can disable dark mode so that the message window is always white when using the black theme. The icons to switch dark mode on or off are disabled when you disable dark mode.

  • In Outlook, go to File > Options.
  • On the General page, look for Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office.
  • Set the Office Theme to Black and select the check box next to Never change the message background color.
  • Select OK.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-03T12:20:50+00:00

    I don't have Office but I do have Outlook. I'm not finding 'File' and 'Options' anywhere in the Settings

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-31T15:20:03+00:00

    I sympathise with others posting in this thread as I find this issue frustrating as well. The 'New Outlook' has lost many features that were available in the original Outlook application which makes it feel like an incomplete/rushed solution.

    To add further frustration, it is possible in 'New Outlook' to use the dark theme and have a light background when composing a message by using the below 'toggle' button but I do not want to do this EVERY I write a new email. It also doesn't work when reading emails.

    Can Microsoft please make this toggle a default option in the settings for 'New Outlook' for all emails?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-27T14:42:17+00:00

    This is the right answer

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-10-26T19:41:49+00:00

    That is in the "old" outlook. That entire menu system is not available in the New Outlook, and the "Never change the message background color" is not an available option. But that is exactly what we are wanting to have in the New Outlook.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-10-26T19:23:34+00:00

    This is close:

    In the Outlook 365 for Windows app

    Select File/Options/General

    Office Theme: Black

    Check the box "Never change the message background color"

    Now the message background is white, but the rest of Outlook is Black.

    [Edit] - As noted below, this is for the old Outlook only.

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