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In New Outlook, it opens an email when I click on it.
I want to change the setting to double-click. Please help.
Using New Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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"NEW" Outlook: I was forced into it March 17th 2025
Settings / Mail / Message handling / Mark as read section > "Don't automatically mark items as read."
It's one step closer but now you have to mark it read yourself. OMG! Used to be able to open in new window and that would mark it as read.
I just don't have any of these selections available when I go into Outlook. There is not place to uncheck Single clock to ......
I've been to numerous forums where people are upset with this functionality, but I haven't come across the real fix you're looking for. Until that functionality exists, here's the workaround I use:
Turn reading pane on with bottom placement and shrink the reading pane down as small as it allows. It doesn't feel like it's in the way, and I can single click through everything without losing my inbox view. And I can double click to open the email in a new window.
Hope this helps ease your frustration!
This seems to the best of all bad options. I have no interest in having a reading pane but I cannot live with an email opening upon a single click. MSFT really needs to fix this issue.
I have not found a solution to this aggravating issue, but I did discover an optional workaround:
Press the CNTRL key and click on the email - it will then check the box and highlight it instead of opening the email. Essentially it works like the old Outlook when using the CNTRL key to select several emails at a time.
Not ideal, but thought I'd share. Sorry in advance if someone shared this already.