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One of my clients woke to a new search bar in Outlook 2016 right next to the regular search bar, the new search bar is called "App Search", it is bigger than the regular search bar, pushes it aside to the point that it is too small to work with, and the App Search bar itself doesn't work at all, you can click it but nothing happens, I have tried to find a way to remove it but even uninstalling and reinstalling the whole office suite the App Search bar still remains, she has two computers but only one is affected by it.
I would like some help with it, or at least make a notice of it so Microsoft can fix this bug.
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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Relying to my own post, as now my W11 laptop has acquired the dreaded app search box too, so it's still an 'update' being rolled out...
Nothing showing in update history, so presume it's some hidden minor update rolled out automatically to office apps?
The option to disable "App Search" does not exist in Microsoft Office Home and Business 2016. Not only is the bar stupidly large, it doesn't even work!
The App Search box showed up in Outlook for me when I updated Office 2016 from
2312 17126.20132 to 2401 17231.20182
I did this on 01/30/24
Hello!
Exactly the same irritating, time-wasting problem for me.
This new unwanted "App Search" Bar suddenly appeared and takes up A Huge Amount Of Space & Real Estate in Outlook 2016 - As from today - Thursday 1 Feb 2024.
I am also awaiting Microsoft's soonest possible assistance - For you to either remove this totally unpopular, unnecessary, invasive icon --
---- Or, to make it easy and straightforward for me (& all users) to delete, remove or hide.
Kind Regards & Many Thanks,
David
I'm currently on Windows 10 and I have the same issue that just appeared today on my Microsoft Outlook 2019 version. The app search bar is huge, taking away all the vision on the normal search box, I can't even see what I'm searching anymore.
This app search bar doesn't even work, I can't click it, can't write anything. I have tried all above and it doesn't disappear. Must be a bug, we need an option to remove this app search bar. Please fix this bug.