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How to revert back to mail from new outlook
I was just testing out this new feature preview. But it was absolutely horrible. The default Mail for Windows used to hardly take a second to open. But this monstrousity takes a lot time to open. The supposed-to-be-user-friendly-ui is **bleep** so annoying and complex. And to add more touches of crap, there is no option to rollback to the old application.
Anyways, I tried several things and what seemed to be working for me was,
1. Uninstall the new Outlook 365 Pre application.
2. Open the Mail for Windows app (It will ask you to open microsoft store and install Outlook and select it as default app).
3. Ignore and cancel it. Again open the Mail for Windows app, keep repeating the same process again and again. After 3-4 tries, it'll open the old-yet-gold Mail for Windows.
As of your old emails, if you have them logged in and if they're being shown in Email & Accounts settings. Then after rolling back to old application you'll be able to access them as always.
This worked for me, hope it works for you as well.
- This worked for me, I had to try 6 times but it worked.
Thanks Thank you very much for this fix. It worked for me.
The old Mail app worked just fine. I did not like the new app at all. My non-hotmail accounts would not work unless I agreed to store everything on the cloud which I did not want at all.
Thanks again!
Kind regards
Chris
When I did this, now when I open the mail it doesn't open the Microsoft Store, instead just nothing happens. So then I didn't have a single functional mail app. I could not find the office pre app in the Microsoft Store either, and installing all the Microsoft 365 apps did nothing.
How to fix it:
Install and open the old outlook, and use the switch for the new outlook from there. It will install the new outlook app again. Then you will be able to toggle the switch off again (and give your feedback). Now when you open the old Windows Mail it will work like it used to.
- I don t think its that bad its just getting used to a new UI. Its gonna be that way so you may want to give it a chance or better yet wait till they work stuff out. It broke all my calendar permissions though and I had to to revert to the old one. 😞
- Worked for me, thanks mate
- This worked for me.
- Thanks a lot for this explanation! Had the same problem and this worked for me too.
Now I'm wondering if there is a way to Block Microsoft from forcing the change.
- MS says that in 2024 there is no turned back!
Some type of mass complaint needs to be issued to MS...
