Outlook showing "from" field when replying to an email addressed or cc'd to me

Anonymous
2023-01-25T18:12:45+00:00

Very recently, don't know the exact date, when replying to an email, addressed to me or I'm cc'd, Outlook shows the "from" field (with my email address, no other account).

I have one email account, I cannot find a solution to stop this from appearing, it doesn't impact anything, just it never used to show it, now it does.

It doesn't appear if I create a new email (wouldn't expect it to, as I only have one account), It also doesn't appear If I reply to an email that doesn't name me but am part of a mail group.

Anyone else have this "issue", a workaround or is there a fix?

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-25T19:09:54+00:00

    Hello Julian,

    Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community.

    I understand that you have an issue where Outlook is showing "from" field when replying to an email addressed or cc'd to you.

    Can you, kindly check if you have the option to "show fields" when replying to a message in the Outlook ribbon. If you do have only one email account in your outlook 365, you can deactivate the "From" field which I assume is active. Please see screenshot below.

    If you do not see the "Show fields" option, please share with me a screenshot of your Outlook ribbon when replying to an email.

    Looking forward to your response.

    Best Regards,

    Ashraf

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-25T19:30:17+00:00

    Yes I do have the "show fields" when replying to an email.

    I know I can "deactivate" it there but that doesn't explain the change that seems to have happened.

    It would mean I have to deactivate the "from" "button" on every email to me, I reply to.

    I don't recall this ever being "active" until recently.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-26T19:45:54+00:00

    Dear Julian,

    Thank you for your response.

    Can you kindly check whether the registry value in your Outlook is set to 1? If so, you can set it to 0 and check whether the From field is disabled by default.

    Go to registry and locate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Preferences
    Kindly find the value of the ShowFrom REG_DWORD. If this value is set to 1, kindly set to 0 and restart Outlook and check the result.

    Important: Follow the steps in this section carefully. Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Before you modify it,back up the registryfor restoration in case problems occur.

    Thank you for your patience and looking forward to your response.

    Best Regards,

    Ashraf

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-26T19:57:17+00:00

    Hey Ashraf

    I checked that already but just to confirm, it is already set to 0

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-06T12:06:56+00:00

    Hello,

    I have the same issue and I can't see this issue being solved.

    Can you please update how to disable "from" while replying to an every single email?

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