How do I rearrange email accounts in the new Outlook?

Anonymous
2023-10-03T04:18:07+00:00

I want to know how to rearrange, move, the multiple accounts I have in Outlook. Simply move one from the top to the bottom and vice versa. What would seem like a very simple task. The accounts I have are two Microsoft accounts and one Gmail account. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. By the way this is the "New Outlook" so I've found you cant just click and drag the account like before. I'm guessing they require you to go back to school and get a masters in Computer Science to perform what should be a fairly simple task, Anyways, thank in advance for the help!

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-17T20:07:08+00:00

    In the new version.
    You need to click Settings> Accounts> Manage> set the account you want to be on top as primary. Outlook will restart, and your account will be at the top. That's the only way to move it around.

    The other option is to remove and re-add the account. I am not sure why They don't allow an easy move.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-21T12:20:17+00:00

    Absolutely ridiculous to MS to have made rearranging email accounts so challenging!

    I DON'T like the favorites option as it appears to visually create duplicate email accounts.

    I used to love outlook-I will revert to the older version.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-03T12:43:20+00:00

    Thank you very much for your reply Shalom. The "..." option next to the accounts is what I was used to as well but in this new version they seem to have gotten rid of those. If you have any other tips I would love to hear them. As difficult as it is to imagine maybe they just forget to put them in??

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-18T05:40:58+00:00

    I tried that already but it doesn't move. Cannot drag them up or down.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-01T00:18:02+00:00

    Dragging and dropping does not work on New Outlook for PCs. They said it would come out in a later update.

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