Looking for "all mailboxes" in new outlook interface

Anonymous
2024-01-16T19:48:15+00:00

I have started using the new Outlook desktop interface. In the older version I was able to enter this search term: Folder:inbox and select all mailboxes and it would display all my inboxes from different email accounts. I cannot find the equivalent in the new interface. Does it exist? How can I look at the inbox of all my accounts without having to do them one at a time?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-27T16:44:33+00:00

    Couldn't have said it better. Microsoft's "New Outlook" has stripped away the efficiencies built into the prior version. Sometimes newer isn't always better. And all the while, Microsoft is telling us what they think we need, using phrases like "by design behavior". What does that even mean. As far as I can tell it's fancy IT-Speak for "our engineers are too young to understand and too lazy to implement what the customers actually need".

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-04-28T13:55:35+00:00

    Microsoft's translation of "by design": We are going to do what is easiest for us and don't care what functionality the customer loses, no matter how much it will lessen the value of our software.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-04-28T13:53:33+00:00

    Microsoft's "by design" behavior in the last few years makes absolutely no sense for the end user. Things just keep getting worse and worse.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-07T15:18:09+00:00

    I agree entirely. Why is a solution taking so long? Why not reinstate "mail" and let the customer choose?

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-08T15:11:40+00:00

    Sorry to ask, but I stumbled on this question for the same issue on Classic Outlook. Could please someone verify that this is still working on the Classic Outlook?
    I did briefly see 'All mailboxes' in the searchbar but its gone forever now. Whenever I toggle in Outlook (classic) search settings 'include results only from:' 'All mailboxes', the searchbar doesn't let me choose all mailboxes anymore.
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    Thank you!

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