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
    2024-01-10T15:23:54+00:00

    I put each account's Inbox in the Favorites section above the mailboxes. Those can be rearranged easily just like you'd expect.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-21T04:47:28+00:00

    An explanation of how to do so would be helpful.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-04T20:31:01+00:00

    Going to say this right now, 9 months have gone by and there hasn't been a single update that fixes this simple issue of letting us drag and drop our email accounts in the order we want them. I'm sorry but I'm getting kinda fed up with this and I'm a new user of Outlook 2021 and even now I want to go back to Outlook 2019. <_<

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-24T12:02:44+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.

    Thanks, this worked for me.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-12-18T02:58:17+00:00

    If I'm understanding you correctly, I just left clicked/held (windows machine) on the email account I wanted to move and then slid the mouse up to where I wanted it to sit.

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