In the outlook search bar "Search <0w>" appears

Anonymous
2024-04-05T09:00:22+00:00

In the outlook search bar "Search <0w>" appears instead of a plain "Search". The search works fine but this <0W> is annoying. How can I delete it and why it appeared suddenly?

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  1. Diane Poremsky MVP 17,541 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-07-01T13:27:13+00:00

    What are you using for antivirus? This was triggered in the past by antivirus add-ins, but other add-ins could be the cause. Disable all non-Microsoft add-ins and restart outlook. Does it go away? If yes, enable them one at a time to see which is at fault.

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  2. lmacri 2,505 Reputation points
    2024-07-01T14:55:14+00:00

    What are you using for antivirus? This was triggered in the past by antivirus add-ins, but other add-ins could be the cause. Disable all non-Microsoft add-ins and restart outlook. Does it go away? If yes, enable them one at a time to see which is at fault.

    Hi Diane:

    I use Microsoft Defender as my primary antivirus. I also run Malwarebytes Premium in real-time protection mode for secondary protection but I completely disabled Malwarebytes (Settings | General | Windows Startup | Launch Malwarebytes in the Background When Windows Starts | OFF) and restarted my computer but that didn't remove the "<0w>" from my Outlook 2019 search box.

    I've never added an add-in to MS Outlook 2019 (or any of my other MS Office 2019 programs) myself . As far as I know all add-ins I have at File | Options | Add-ins came with my MS Office Home and Business 2019 installation. From my MS Outlook 2019:

    Dell Inspiron 15 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.4529 * Firefox v127.0.2 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.24050.7-1.1.24050.5 * Malwarebytes Premium v5.1.5.116-1.0.1252 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7783 * Microsoft Office Home and Business 2019 C2R Version 2406 / Build 17726.20126

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  3. Diane Poremsky MVP 17,541 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-07-01T15:57:46+00:00

    Change notifier is Apple - installed by iTunes or iCloud. if you not using iTunes to sync Outlook calendar & contacts, you can disable it. It doesn't usually cause problems though (that I've seen.) The other two add-ins are Microsoft - if you don't send mail or calendar to OneNote, it can be disabled - exchange add-in helps with calendaring. But - neither is likely to cause this problem.

    I'll see if support knows what is triggering it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-01T17:48:48+00:00

    Still there for me in Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019....

    ...and that's with all OS and app updates installed as of today !!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-07-01T18:07:39+00:00

    This is a simple problem to fix, but Microsoft has not fixed it.

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