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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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I have exactly the same issue. Presumably we have to wait until the next update, but it makes Outlook 2016 very difficult to search. Unwelcome!
Please fix this stupid annoying APP search bar update - it dosen't work and so far I cannot remove it
I don't want this thing stuck there taking up space that I need when I want to search for mails etc.
How can Microsoft put something there without the option of removing it is beyond me
Come on Microsoft get rid of this thing or at least tell us how it can be removed.
I face the same problem and I completely agree with you.
Why did Microsoft put this USELESS 'APP Search" field in my Outlook (Office 2019 version) ?
Même problème de mon coté.
App Search bar non fonctionnelle et démesurément grosse
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Same problem for me
App Search bar non-functional and disproportionately large
2016 Outlook is displaying this App Search on one of my user systems. Any solutions please?
I'm running Win11 and Outlook 2016. Today I'm facing same problem as everyone in this thread. Suddenly I have weird size grey box that doesn't work at all. I can't close it and I can't use it.
I hope it will be fixed soon!