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MBZ1_
Iron Contributor
Mar 09, 2022

navigation bar moved to left

Dears,   The navigation bar has been moved to the left. How can I change it back to be on the bottom?    
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Office_Whiz
Brass Contributor
Jan 15, 2023

MBZ1_ 

I have found the solution and have just tried it and it actually works

 

Microsoft has implemented another change which allows you to move back the Navigation Bar to the bottom.

 

You can access this toggle by clicking on the Options link in the More Apps flyout or via;

  • File-> Options-> Advanced-> disable: Show Apps in Outlook

Then restart Outlook and it should be back to normal.


Reinstate the Navigation Bar at the bottom by disabling the “Show Apps in Outlook” option.

Be aware that this also removes the ability to get the full Microsoft To Do app experience within Outlook. Just in case you were enjoying that.

  • StoredotEXE's avatar
    StoredotEXE
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 18, 2023

    Oh my god, you are a king! For months Outlook has been pausing/freezing every time I put my cursor in the search pane. Once I turned off apps, Outlook sprang to ilfe. There is no more pausing or freezing or 'not responding' when I put my cursor in the search field or when I search my mailbox or any local content. When I search my archive mailbox there is still a bit of a delay but that delay has gone from 10 to 15 seconds to 2-5 seconds. Drilling through folders and messages, they load immediately.  I'm going to tell everyone I know to try Outlook with apps off.

    • JBLeep's avatar
      JBLeep
      Copper Contributor
      Jan 18, 2023
      What did you change, what option? Because that was not what I was curing, but I sure have the same problem with search!!!
      • JBLeep's avatar
        JBLeep
        Copper Contributor
        Jan 18, 2023
        Oh wow. You are right. Search works right again!!!
  • Lauren1530's avatar
    Lauren1530
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 17, 2023

    Thank you!  You just made my day.  It worked!

  • TinkRguy's avatar
    TinkRguy
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 16, 2023

    Office_Whiz Great catch!  Just implemented this and it works perfectly.  Thanks for helping the rest of us!

  • enricoza's avatar
    enricoza
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 15, 2023

    thanks Office_Whiz you made my day!

     
  • Warren472's avatar
    Warren472
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 15, 2023

    Office_Whiz  Thank goodness for that! That sidebar has been really annoying me. I wish Microsoft wouldn't simply dump these unwanted changes on us without any means of putting things back how we like them.

    • StoredotEXE's avatar
      StoredotEXE
      Copper Contributor
      Jan 18, 2023

      Warren472IMO, this change is unwanted but probably makes it easier for many people to see the bar.  Removing the To Do experience to roll back this view seems foolish.  Why do that?  If I worked at MS I would spend my time doing something useful (to me anyway). 

       

      1. Get to work putting borders around explorer again.  White windows on white screens with no borders was someones oversight and it's annoying as hell.
      2. Dump the unskipable first run in Edge that sets a bunch of settings like unwanted content, background images and shopping settings that I have to immediately turn back off.  Or, make the first run actually useful so I could set/disable these settings during first run.
      3. Top putting unskipable tool tips in all of O365.  Who are these for?  They're only an annoyance.

       

       

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