How to stop delete key from deleting the entire email in outlook?

Anonymous
2024-02-18T13:18:35+00:00

When I press delete - like in any other Microsoft tool, i mean delete the immediate text. But for some reason, Outlook started to use this key to delete e-mail. Where can I swich it off?

It´s really frustrating, I really wonder how people at Microsoft think. For example, they added annoying function where I have to first confirm editing a Word file before I start editing it (WHY?). But now I can accidentally delete an entire e-mail by a very predictable action. WHY! Just stop changing things for worse. Everytime I reinstall my windows, I need to go through the ordeal of swiching all these "bright ideas" off.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-25T12:35:14+00:00

    My issue has been gone but I do not know how. I did not do anything.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-25T12:27:43+00:00

    I also have the same problem in the outlook e-mail app, hopefully microsoft can fix this!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-24T10:32:58+00:00

    This fix is not a fix. I have tried it and the problem persists.

    All I want to do is delete something from a reply to an email that I am composing in the reading pane. I do not wish to delete the email that I am replying to. But if I press delete, that is what happens. It is insanely irritating and totally unnecessary. I mean, when does *anyone* want to delete an email they are halfway through replying to?!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-23T17:25:38+00:00

    Issue persists. Solution seems to be relevant only for older versions of outlook.

    I suggest turning on the Message Handling setting for Action Confirmations to "confirm that the action was successful" so that you have a few seconds to undo before diving into the deleted items folder.

    However, this is a terrible configuration and needs to be reversed before it results in business disruptions due to unknowingly deleting emails.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-07-19T15:54:32+00:00

    PLEASE MICROSOFT FIX THIS. IT HAS BEEN DRIVING ME CRAZY.

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