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When will Windows stop asking me to "try the new Outlook"?
I'm getting tired of Windows repeatedly asking me to try the new Outlook, even though I already have an email setup that works perfectly fine for my daily needs. Every time the reminder appears, I wonder whether there is a permanent way to dismiss it instead of clicking away the same suggestion over and over, and I'm curious whether Microsoft plans to stop pushing this prompt or if there is a setting I have overlooked that can finally make it disappear.
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There are a few different prompts that get called "try the new Outlook", and each has its own switch, so it helps to know which one you are seeing.
- If it is the toggle at the top right of classic Outlook, you can hide it. In Outlook go to File > Options > General and look for the option to show the Try the new Outlook toggle, and turn it off. If you do not see it, the registry value works too: under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\General create a DWORD named HideNewOutlookToggle and set it to 1, then restart Outlook. IT admins can set the same thing with the Office policy for the new Outlook toggle.
- If it is a popup or banner in Windows or the old Mail app, check Settings > System > Notifications and turn off notifications for the Mail, Outlook or Microsoft Edge app that shows it, and under Settings > Privacy & security > General turn off Show me suggested content in the Settings app and Show me notifications in the Settings app.
- If the old Mail and Calendar app opens the new Outlook, that is because that app has been retired, so the redirect cannot be turned off there. Use classic Outlook or a different mail client instead.
- Close the banner with the X rather than Not now when it offers both, because the X usually lasts longer.
If you tell us whether it shows in Outlook, in Mail, or as a Windows notification, someone can point to the exact setting.
