How to Disable single click to open email in New Outlook?

Same as the rest, this option does not exist in the new outlook. I understand this new app is basically a ported webapp version of the online one; but the fact that this is a desktop experience should par with a expected desktop behaviour IMO. Let us know where we can submit a feature request to enable a "Doble Click to open items". I think this way we can eventually blend both options for end users to select and personalize their experience.

Hello Abhay,

Welcome to the Microsoft Community. I am a Microsoft user like you, I hope you are doing well.

To disable a single click to open email in New Outlook, you must change the reading pane settings in your Outlook options. Here are the steps you can follow:

• Sign in to your Outlook account using your email address and password.

• At the top of the page, select Settings and choose View all Outlook settings.

• In the Settings pan, go to Layout and select the Reading pane under Maile.

• Under Mark as read, uncheck the option Single click to open items.

• Click Save to apply the changes.

I hope this helps you disable a single click to open the email in New Outlook.

I finally got mine fixed in the new version!!!

1. File > Options > Advanced
2. Under Outlook panes, select Reading Pane.
3. Uncheck the box Mark item as read when the selection changes.
4. Check the box Mark items as read when viewed in the Reading Pane.

What is happening here is, when the reading pane view is turned off and you single click the message, Outlook brings up the view of the message as full view instead of bringing the view to the right or bottom when you have it turned on.

What we want is the Reading Pane to be turned off and nothing to happen when you single click.

Also, here is the image from the instruction to turn of Mark as Read. There isn't Mark as Read here to uncheck. Even if there were you couldn't uncheck it because you would have to choose another option. Can you please give images on the fix for this and not just text. It would help solve this.

When you have Reading Pane hidden your message view does the below when you single click it. We do not want this behavior.