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Copper Contributor

Sep 07, 2023

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Remove unnecessary "All Apps" button

A new button called "All Apps" showed up on the left side of my Email "Home" tab today. But when I try to "Customize Ribbon..." to remove it, the button does not show up. My ribbon was already full...

Teresa_Cyrus
Sep 07, 2023
Hi JayAtNFT

I am an independent advisor responding to Outlook questions.

Unfortunately, you can not have both. You can not remove the All Apps icon from the left navigation.

Please provide MS with the feedback.

Please remove the best response status from your previous message.

/Teresa
#traccreations4e

Copper Contributor

Sep 07, 2023

I'm not sure how I missed it the first time, but there is a checkbox to turn it off in "Options / Advanced / Outlook panes".

Copper Contributor

Sep 07, 2023

But in keeping with my experience that Microsoft doesn't test with real users, turning off the button ALSO moves my "Email/Calendar/Contacts" toolbar from the left rail (where I want it) to the bottom (where I don't). Please tell me there's a way to leave the toolbar where it was AND turn off the button?

Teresa_Cyrus
MVP
Sep 07, 2023
Hi JayAtNFT

I am an independent advisor responding to Outlook questions.

Unfortunately, you can not have both. You can not remove the All Apps icon from the left navigation.

Please provide MS with the feedback.

Please remove the best response status from your previous message.

/Teresa
#traccreations4e
- JayAtNFT
  Copper Contributor
  Sep 11, 2023
  In case anyone lands here with the same goal:
  
  The best solution I've come up with is to turn off "Show apps in Outlook", so I don't get a Ribbon button I can't remove. I then added Mail, Calendar, and Contacts buttons to my Quick Access Toolbar and moved the QAT below the ribbon. I now have three buttons above my left nav pane to jump between the three main views I use. I don't have to go to the bottom of the left nav pane to get that functionality. It sure would be nice though not to give us a Ribbon button we can't remove.
  
  Update: Added screenshot.
  - NOLA_BnB_Guy
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 19, 2023
    JayAtNFT
    Yes, thank you for that helpful hint! I turned off the Apps and added Mail, Calendar, and Contact in the Quick Access Bar, which I've left ABOVE the ribbon where I already had it set. Now I can switch between mail, calendar, and contacts from either the top left of the screen or the bottom left! I love having choices!!!!

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