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B_Van_Spanje
Brass Contributor
Jan 25, 2020

Search box in Office Outlook 365.

I can't find a way to reduce the size of the search box in the title bar in Outlook like you can in the other Office applications. Is there a way to do it? I find the search box a distraction.

  • david kay's avatar
    david kay
    Copper Contributor

    B_Van_Spanje 

     

    Make sure you have applied most recent update (two or three updates back there was an issue with search box size after the update was applied).

     

    or

     

    Try turning "Show Focused Inbox" on then off again

    • Saif_Al_Shahri's avatar
      Saif_Al_Shahri
      Copper Contributor

      Hi i am also having the same issue with my bosses machine running latest update version 1912 build 12325.20344 

      if he adds more search criteria like from, body, attachments. When clicking away from the search area it does not minimize but stays the same size on my machine with same update it minimizes when i click away. The search bar with all the specialized search criteria is also appearing on his people page and refusing to minimize.

      david kay 

    • B_Van_Spanje's avatar
      B_Van_Spanje
      Brass Contributor

      david kay I have the most recent update according to the message I got after I updated it. My version is 2001. I am on the Insiders Monthly Channel.

       

      "Try turning "Show Focused Inbox" on then off again"

       

      I don't see that option anywhere.

       

      • Saif_Al_Shahri's avatar
        Saif_Al_Shahri
        Copper Contributor

        Hi i don't know if you found it but just in case you did not the focused inbox button is under the view tab. B_Van_Spanje 

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