"New' Outlook for Mac: flag email for follow-up on a custom date

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In the legacy version of the Mac Outlook client I could flag an email for follow-up, specify a date, and set a reminder. I used this feature on a regular basis.

In 'new' Outlook, I can flag an email for follow-up but there's no longer an option to specify a date. It's either flag, or unflag. So I can't get a reminder - I have to filter my inbox to see all the flagged emails - and there's no way of setting a due date.

The only online guidance I can find suggests reverting to the legacy version of Outlook! Is that really the only option?? I can't quite believe that a key feature has been completely removed from new Outlook.

philsmit · Answer

This is the single reason I've stayed on the legacy version and avoided turning on 'new' Outlook.

mich5577 · Answer

philsmit&nbsp;Same, but we're experiencing increasing glitches with the legacy version. I so wish They would only ADD features, and never remove them like this!

amilleruf · Answer

Completely agree. I've provided this feedback in the pop-up that appears when I switch back from the new Outlook to the legacy version.&nbsp;

ellenbeckerj · Answer

I just switched to the new version and noticed the inability to select a custom date for flags as well.&nbsp; Very frustrating.&nbsp; However, as a workaround you can select 'today' when initially flagging, then go to that item under the calendar and right click and you get the option to edit the due date.&nbsp; Again, incredibly stupid and a step backward but still a possibility.&nbsp;LynnProspect&nbsp;

debbimac · Answer

Agreed. I use this feature constantly and it's annoying to have to go into my Tasks and change each Flagged Email date appropriately. They took a 1 step process and made it multiple steps. Not exactly efficient.

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