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Anonymous
2023-05-18T12:45:52+00:00

In the New Outlook for Windows, how does one rearrange the top-level folders? I can only click and drag them but no matter where I drop them they become subfolders of the folder I dropped on. I don't want that. I simply want to change the order that they appear in. I tried holding CTRL or SHIFT while dragging to see if that changes the cursor but no luck.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-05-18T14:06:39+00:00

    Hello Chris,

    Welcome to Microsoft Community and appreciate your time taken for sharing detailed information. It seems that you would like to re-sort the folders in the new Outlook.

    Recently, our new Outlook did get some updates. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If we would like to rearrange our folders, maybe we can add the folders in Favorites and then drag the folder to a new location in the Favoritesfolder list. Outlook supports us to reorder folders in favorites list.

    When we drag and drop the folder to the image below, we can successfully move its location and will not be moved to other subfolders. Hope it's helpful.

    Apologize again for any inconvenience caused. If we still prefer the previous way, we suggest to switch back the classic version of Outlook. In addition, we also recommend that we can submit feedback within the new Outlook for Windows to help us improve the product : Contact support and provide feedback within the new Outlook for Windows - Microsoft Support.

    Thanks a lot for your understanding and hope you have a nice day!

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-07T12:24:16+00:00

    Yes same here, that needs solving as it should favourite all sub-folders automatically in my opinion

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-24T19:58:27+00:00

    If I favorite a folder it doesn't maintain the drop down with my sub folders making the favorites list mostly unusable for my needs.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-19T06:58:47+00:00

    Dear Chris,

    Thanks very much for your reply.

    At the same time, would you please help vote my reply, so that, others who like this function can know this information. Since as you mentioned, you also find that the rearranging is in development, hope it will come back soon!

    Thanks again for your patience and understanding!

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-18T15:19:29+00:00

    Interesting. Thanks for the suggestion!

    I also did find in new Outlook for Windows (microsoft.com) that rearranging is in development.

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