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Where is the New Outlook Switch?
It seems the Jan 11 release has removed the New Outlook Switch at all. Seriously? You guys know that the New Outlook is missing tons of features, right?
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- Yeah, this happened to me yesterday. It updated and switched. No more public folders. That's a problem. What the hell were they thinking?
- Really bad!! I also need need features in the old outlook. Why is the New Outlook Switch removed? Now I cannot access my e.mail archive / history
Possible to revert back to 16.56? Or will the New Outlook Switch be available soon? - On both Big Sur and Monterey, Outlook 16.54+, my users' autocomplete/recent contacts dropdown list is incomplete unless they click the search option in New Outlook. Before the removal of the toggle for New Outlook, they were using the classic/"old" Outlook, in which recent contacts/autocomplete worked instantly and with no issues. I did have a couple of instances where it would break and require me to delete the recent contacts database and allow it to recreate, but it would work after I did that (albeit only for some months before needing to repeat the process). I am regretting ever upgrading from Catalina, because my one user in Catalina on 16.56 has no problems with autocomplete on new or old outlook.
Please put the switch back!!! (And, you should NEVER force a user to upgrade without confirming.)
Interestingly, after it applied the update, it did display a popup about the new GUI, and there was a "revert" button. When I pushed that, it exited Outlook and restarted, but it was STILL the new GUI. I don't see any way to get the old UI back, and I need that until he new one will support local distribution lists and Notes.
- https://youtu.be/vdeARPbQIeM
This helped me retain my sanity (and will help you revert back.)
This is a huge problem. I need features in the old outlook that aren't available in the new outlook. When I applied the update it automatically switched me to the new outlook. Is there anyway to revert back?
- This "How To Switch Back To the Classic Outlook View" article is very helpful. https://clean.email/blog/email-providers/outlook-classic-view#:~:text=Click%20the%20Outlook%20menu.,revert%20to%20Outlook%20Classic%20view.
manmanjiaoThis is indeed really awful. Why did they remove the toggle switch? Finally the search function was working again in OS 16.58 (beta) and now this is happening. We are missing crucial features Microsoft!
