Outlook (new) opens 2 (two) tabs from email links from Indeed and LinkedIn. Old outlook is not affected, nor is Outlook 365. Same issue, different browsers....

Anonymous
2024-08-14T15:10:08+00:00

For several months now, when I click on links in emails from LinkedIn or Indeed, Outlook (new) opens two (2) tabs for the same link. Every time.

It does not do this if I switch back to the (Old) Outlook.

It does not do this if I open the same email/links in my Outlook 365 desktop application.

Since Microsofte embedded "safelinks" scanning, the Outlook (New) app has been a royal pain with links in emails, hiding links from view, and with this additional irritation, it seems that the development team have lost the plot.

My "Default" browser has no bearing on the result., it does it in Chrome or Firefox when set to default.

Switch to the old version of Outlook App, the issue goes away.

Forward an email to my priamary Outlook365 mailboxes... the issue is non existent...

By testing 3 versions of Outook with 3 web browsers, I only get the issue with the New Outlook App,... therefore I can only conclude that Microsoft have fudged this (New Outlook) version up even more.

*Note that for me it is only email links from LinkedIn and Indeed job alert emails and notifications, I have yet to find another platforms emails that are affected.

Are you getting any issues with these?

Lmk here if you find any other major platform emails too,

Ta!

Outlook | Windows | New Outlook for Windows | For home

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-10-08T12:33:21+00:00

    having this issue as well, with chrome or firefox as default browsers. new outlook.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-10-08T10:42:26+00:00

    When click in email hyperlink its open a two identical tabs, it any update on desktop outlook version so we haven't face this issue i seen lot of folks are facing the same issue please try to resolve this issue ASAP. Thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-10-08T08:48:49+00:00

    I see the same issue since today, but I noticed that when you right click on the link and you open it that way, it opens just once. This is ofcourse just a workaround and I really hope the fix will be there soon.

    Kind regards, Ray

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-10-07T22:46:20+00:00

    The ticket was closed because support is aware of the issue and "engineering" is working on it. They don't need 1000 tickets open for the same problem. Hopefully it will be fixed in the next 24-48 hours.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-10-07T19:35:41+00:00

    I am using the web browser not the app. My colleague reported she is not experiencing this with the app.

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