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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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MBZ1_ my outlook just updated automatically and i found a semi-permanent fix https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/outlook-global-customer-service/new-location-for-the-mail-calendar-people-and-other-modules/ba-p/3596278
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.
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.
- What did you change, what option? Because that was not what I was curing, but I sure have the same problem with search!!!
Thank you! You just made my day. It worked!
Office_Whiz Great catch! Just implemented this and it works perfectly. Thanks for helping the rest of us!
- WOW! That worked! Thanks very much.
- File > Options > Advanced. Untick "Show Apps in Outlook" then restart Outlook. That worked for me and the naviagation bar is back at the bottom.
- Go to Options - >Advanced -> Unclick Show Apps in Outlook. When I did this and restarted Outlook the navigation moved back to the bottom.
- This works, for now anyway. Cheers.
heimlich1 Thank you. This fix worked for me. The option of turning of the Coming soon is not available on my version so could not try that.
heimlich1Your solution worked for me after restarting Outlook. Thanks!
Unfortunately, 'Show Apps in Outlook' only snoozes the new experience, while also being very poorly descriptive (the tooltip is good.)
- Amazing. I log into my computer one day to find out that Microsoft's UX Team has decided to make an un-asked for and permanent change that has spawned 14 pages of complaints upon implementation.
This change creates tons of dead-space on the screen. It removes a common location for a set of constantly used buttons that has existed for decades. It is certainly not something I would have complained about if I spoke to the Outlook team, and in ultimate wisdom it is a forced changed without a way to revert.
This is a textbook case of UX failure, unless you want to blame a PM. If somehow Research showed that people like the change, there needs to be a button to move it back.
