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I need to return to my classic Outlook. I need to turn off new toggle. I can't. Help
I obviously am not computer literate but I must get back to the classic Outlook. I have had my company email for years and it has the name of our company. The directions to get from the new Outlook to the classic are confusing. Please help if you can.
Thanks
Hi NebilSedki,
To switch back to the classic view in Outlook, follow these steps:
- Open Outlook.
- Navigate to the Outlook menu.
- Uncheck the option for the New Outlook.
- Click the Revert button.
- Allow the application to revert to the Outlook Classic view.
Toggling out of the new Outlook for Windows preview - Microsoft Support
If you don't see a toggle in the new Outlook for Windows, troubleshoot with these steps:
- Launch classic Outlook for Windows from the Windows Start Menu, not the new Outlook (identified by the "New" tag).
- Open the Registry Editor by typing "Registry Editor" in the Start Menu search and selecting the app.
- Go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Preferences.
- Find and double-click on "UseNewOutlook" at the bottom of the list.
- Set the Value Data field to 0.
- Attempt to launch classic Outlook for Windows from the Windows Start Menu.
Switch from 'new' Outlook (2023) to 'classic' outlook - Microsoft Community
Ensure you choose the app icon without the "New" tag.
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Kindest regards,
Leon Pavesic
(LinkedIn)- If none of the above methods work, you can uninstall the new Outlook app from your system settings and reinstall the classic Outlook from www.office.com this doesn't work either.
- At last I have found the install page for office365, reinstalling it has fixed my email problem.
LeonPavesic that worked like a dream! Only thing I would change is to change the registry setting while exited from Outlook.
BTW, this new Outlook - what use is it? The visual interface is so much less usable and so much more restrictive. I don't get it.
I hated Classic Outlook before there was another option. I switch on the first available opportunity and haven't looked back.
It's cleaner, easier to use, and much more organized.
I also like the customization aspect, though that's more cosmetic than functionality related. There nothing I could do in Classic Outlook that I cannot do in New Outlook.
I never lost my toggle switch and I only use it when I am troubleshooting with one of our employees at work since I work at the Help Desk.
There's no comparison for me. I get into Classic Outlook now and I'm even more confused by it than ever. It was always buggy.
rjpoddar
Thank you. Super easy instructions. LeonPavesic
NebilSedki You can also type in outlook.exe in the Run box by pressing the Windows key + R and will launch classic Outlook
Thanks I'll let you know if it works.
- Nope it does not
MaxAlvarez Does not work
- When you make the switch from Classic Outlook to New Outlook, it creates a new application called "Outlook New" or 'New Outlook."
Just go to Settings ---> Apps and uninstall New Outlook. Uninstalling New Outlook will not affect anything related to your emails in Outlook, since Outlook is a just an email client.
Once you remove New Outlook, Classic Outlook will become the default version.CMAPman870 your solution worked for me , thanks
This 100000% works. Took 30 seconds. Thanks CMAPman870
UNINSTALLED New Outlook. Now Classic Outlook won't launch. I'm at my wits' end. I needed to be able to view past Calendar events and appointment as entire Calendar was blank, as was Contacts. Email ok. Where can I adjust the range of dates so I can see older info? Help!
- Go to the Help menu and select 'Switch back to Classic Outlook'
Peabody715 This is the only one that worked for me, thank you Peabody715
Peabody715Finally, something that actually works.
NebilSedki go here:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\Outlook
use Regedit.exe in search open app then copy and paste above source into title bar, press enter, then double click version and change value to "c" no quotations choose ok. make sure outlook is currently closed, then attempt to open outlook from the icon without the 'new' attached to it, i.e., use the old outlook shortcut. It should open in classic view for you from now on and not prompt change to new outlook anymore.
Hey bro, first god bless you i know what you tried to do here. but as of now the directory you provided as changed. I can only find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\AdobeAcroOutlook.SendAsLink
clicktorun is not there anymore.
in that directory i find "loadbehavior" is that it? is that the one??????
If I modifie it, current entry is 3.
Thanks alot
- This all does not work. I see no way to move it back. Any other having the same issue?
I am having the same problem and have wasted a lot of time following the instructions of an AI bot which regurgitates the same ineffective stuff each timeMChaseBuffalo
- Try Max Alvarez's solution: it is simple, elegant & works instantly:
-Launch Run
-Type in "Outlook.exe"
Problems solved! Classic Outlook instantly launches. You'll see the toggle restored in the upper right hand corner of the app.
- Same here all my options to switch over have disappeared without warning. I really HATE the new outlook. Functionality is just too damned complicated.
None of that stuff up above works. Correct! Nothing in the community solutions seems to be working!
Ugghhh!MChaseBuffalo
NebilSedki Try this if you're looking for what I think you are (and what I was):
In Outlook, click on the File menu and then select Options int eh Lower Left of the screen/window.
In the Options window, select Advanced from the bottom area of the list on the left.
In Advanced, immediately below where it wants you to Customize Outlook Panes in a checkbox to "Show Apps in Outlook".
Uncheck that box and restart Outlook like it says you need to.
- These steps definitely work: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/toggling-out-of-the-new-outlook-for-windows-preview-ec102b39-5727-418e-ae1f-a1805434640c
Going back to classic Outlook for Windows
If you toggled into the new Outlook for Windows preview from classic Outlook for Windows, every time you try to launch classic Outlook for Windows you'll be redirected to the new Outlook for Windows preview. You can go back to classic Outlook for Windows by selecting the toggle in the new Outlook for Windows app.
If for some reason you don’t see a toggle in the new Outlook for Windows, try these troubleshooting steps:
Make sure you try to launch classic Outlook for Windows from the Windows Start Menu, not the new Outlook for Windows. The new Outlook for Windows has a “New” tag on its app icon. For classic Outlook, select the icon without a “New” tag.
From the Windows Start Menu, type “Registry Editor” in the search box and select the Registry Editor app.
Navigate to the following path: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Preferences
Scroll to the bottom of the list to and double click on UseNewOutlook.
Enter 0 in the Value Data field.
Attempt to launch classic Outlook for Windows from the Windows Start Menu.- Wow, can't believe it took me getting all the way down this page, before I found an option that actually worked. Thanks Reese78
Just uninstall it and Reinstall it again- easy way NebilSedki
I cannot read my old outlook e-mails with the New Outlook. Help
NebilSedki In Outlook New, click on the Help button then click Return to Classic
- Return to Classic does not exist in my help stream.
