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How can I reverse an email rule?

Anonymous
2024-02-27T16:25:50+00:00

I'm using the New Outlook and created a rule to categorize all new emails. I ran the rule and it in fact put all new emails in a category. I now don't want any emails to be categorized. How do revert back to the default setting and remove the rule on all my emails?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-11T20:28:40+00:00

    Did you find an answer on reversing/reverting back to previous/undoing a rule? No one seems to understand that we don't want to just delete the rule, we need to undo the mess the rule ended up leaving and try a different rule set.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-15T21:52:30+00:00

    This eliminated the "rule" but it did not return the moved emails to their original and proper location. I now have months of emails all in one WRONG location. I need to reverse the result of the deleted rule.

    JS

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-12T22:33:11+00:00

    Thank you for your response and for confirming what I have also noticed - the old Outlook was a better solution in numerous ways (e.g. another obvious one is in finding/searching for emails) 'Improvements' are going backwards, and useful things are being stripped out unfortunately. In search of other tools and apps, B

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-27T19:51:25+00:00

    I did as you recommended but the emails still had the categories, even after a reboot. I assume because the original rule was "run" and there wasn't a rule to revert it back.

    Anyway, I ended up highlighting all my emails, right clicking, categorize, and click the "Clear Categories".

    That worked.

    I was originally trying to color code or something to make the new/unread emails stand out better. In this "New" Outlook, the unread emails don't standout enough. The old version allows you to Bold or Color code the unread emails.

    If you have other suggestions, I'd like to hear them.

    Thanks for the response.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-27T19:36:55+00:00

    Dear WC074,

    Good day!

    Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are glad to assist!

    Based on your description regarding "How can I reverse an email rule?". To remove the rule and revert back to the default setting in New Outlook for Windows, Kindly click on the "Settings" or gear icon in the top right corner of the screen-->Mail-->Rules-->Find the rule you created and want to remove, and click on the delete icon next to it -->Confirm that you want to delete the rule by clicking "Ok" in the pop-up window and once you have deleted the rule, all new emails will no longer be categorized.

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    We are looking forward to your response! Please feel free to let me know if there are any question or I get it wrong. I will keep assist you based on the information you provide. We sincerely thank you for your patience and cooperation. Thank you for your time. Have a good day!

    Best regards,

    Inema |Community Moderator

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