How to change the main Outlook display - left side/sidebar

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How to change the main Outlook display - left side/sidebar

Mark Gordon 921

Fellow Office users.

I am on Office 365 Version 2212 Build 15928.20216

My outlook shows a bar on the left side that goes vertical with icons for mail, people, calendar, tasks.

i want to get that to the bottom of the main outlook screen. I cannot find a way to do that. Attached is a picture of "exactly" I want to move to the bottom.

2023-01-18_13-59-32_Screen.jpg

Faery Fu-MSFT 19,751 Reputation points Moderator

2023-01-19T03:29:52.66+00:00

Hi @Mark Gordon ,

Agree with @TM , good sharing!

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Todd B 10 Reputation points

2023-08-08T15:05:24.9566667+00:00

This Response worked like a charm.
PEARSON Dave 0 Reputation points

2023-12-07T19:48:20.4+00:00

Worked perfectly to get the sidebar back to the lower left side of the window.

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Faery Fu-MSFT 19,751 Reputation points Moderator

2023-01-19T03:29:52.66+00:00

Hi @Mark Gordon ,

Agree with @TM , good sharing!

If the issue has been resolved, please mark the helpful replies as answers, this will make answer searching in the forum easier and be beneficial to other community members as well. Thanks for your understanding.
Todd B 10 Reputation points

2023-08-08T15:05:24.9566667+00:00

This Response worked like a charm.
PEARSON Dave 0 Reputation points

2023-12-07T19:48:20.4+00:00

Worked perfectly to get the sidebar back to the lower left side of the window.

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Answer 2

Jihoon.Choi 365

1.please run Outlook

2,Click the [File] buttion on left top menu bar

3.Click the [Options]

4.go down [Advanced]

5.find [show Apps in Outlook] in Outlook panes

6.uncheck

User's image

7.then re-start outlook

also you can use regedit

Arun Kumar K S 0 Reputation points

2023-03-20T13:12:10.08+00:00

hi @TM - Thank you so much. This solution worked perfectly for me!
DR dipre 0 Reputation points

2023-03-20T21:19:34.7933333+00:00

Thank you. this was the most simple answer and it worked.
Moore, Christopher 0 Reputation points

2023-03-21T09:06:39.2933333+00:00

Superb, exactly what was required, thank you very much!
KAW 0 Reputation points

2023-03-23T12:34:10.08+00:00

Thanks!
Samantha Goodman 0 Reputation points

2023-03-23T12:35:37.71+00:00

Thank you! I was having the same issue and this fixed it!!
Shirey, Shelby 0 Reputation points

2023-03-27T13:33:09.17+00:00

Worked
Chad Braaten 0 Reputation points

2023-04-11T19:34:38.1533333+00:00

Exactly what I needed. Thanks!
Nic Fletcher 0 Reputation points

2023-04-18T21:42:35.11+00:00

And Kaboom! It is fixed. We got this about less than a month ago, but since I mostly work at the office or at home on 27" screens, I just accepted the change. But now that I find myself working from a laptop 14" screen for six weeks, I suddenly wondered which idiots at Microsoft a) even though this change was a good idea, b) how did it pass any UX approvals. Four columns on a 14" screen is horribe (you do want me to use the modern view? Because I do!). I is crazy that this change went through as mandatory, but the new-look Office to match the Windows 11 design, is still a user option to activate. Go figure!
Larry L 0 Reputation points

2023-04-20T15:11:56.2366667+00:00

Ditto. Only solution that was easy to follow and work.
Glenn Wilson 0 Reputation points

2023-04-20T20:43:32.8533333+00:00

Sweet and simple. Works per instructions.
George Luntz 0 Reputation points

2023-04-27T16:01:58.8+00:00

This was a perfect solution. Thanks!
Bruce Snekszer 0 Reputation points

2023-05-05T22:19:29.52+00:00

Worked for me also, thanks.
DLSTAR 0 Reputation points

2023-05-06T19:31:58.5933333+00:00

This is the correct answer. The stupid "Accepted Answer" was wrong, I only saw the right answer after correcting it myself and returning here to update everyone. Good job to TM.

Bad job to Microsoft who has made it their mission to add useless crap and white, gray and light blue panels in place of more useful and usable older versions of their websites and apps.
Kathy Angell 0 Reputation points

2023-05-06T20:20:18.97+00:00

Thank you so much!!
Mark Cox 0 Reputation points

2023-05-09T17:36:02.4566667+00:00

Worked well for me.
Polisetty Bhargav Kumar 0 Reputation points

2023-07-01T17:12:09.7966667+00:00

Thank you for the solution , It worked for me.
Craggles 0 Reputation points

2023-07-11T19:55:00.2866667+00:00

you sir, or madam, or otherwise, are a genius. thank you.
M. Hopman 0 Reputation points

2023-07-18T08:14:56.57+00:00

Many thanks! My frustration was already high, I'm glad that this nonsense can be reversed.
Praveen Kumar 0 Reputation points

2023-07-22T06:59:58.0333333+00:00

its working !
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Answer 3

Faery Fu-MSFT 19,751 Moderator

Hi @Mark Gordon ,

Have you unchecked the option "Show Apps in Outlook"?

If that doesn't work, please repair office and restart Outlook, then uncheck the option.

Repair an Office application

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Answer 4

ESPIE, MICHAEL S. (Mike) 20

Worked for me - thanks. I hate change and liked what I refer to as the 'normal' look with the tool bar at the bottom of the screen.

Gosch Jr., Claude J. (Reading) 0 Reputation points

2024-03-25T22:21:04.66+00:00

Agree - it's annoying when unnecessary toolbars or buttons are added after an update. I really appreciate Faery's instructions to change it back.

Answer 5

Mark Gordon 921

thanks for the suggestion. Made no difffernce. I do not want to go the regedit route.

Mark

Constantinescu, Alexandru 0 Reputation points

2023-03-20T09:23:50.74+00:00

Thanks TM!
Really easy fix for this new 'feature':D
Steven Geer 0 Reputation points

2023-03-23T15:25:57.43+00:00

Worked as shown in your post. I have Office 2016. THANK YOU!
Kalinda Samaratunga 0 Reputation points

2023-04-11T06:26:32.8366667+00:00

This worked Thanks
Gosch Jr., Claude J. (Reading) 0 Reputation points

2024-03-25T22:25:23.09+00:00

Mark, did you try closing and reopening Outlook? I had unchecked the setting and got the message that I needed to restart Outlook, but I thought it was going to do that for me automatically. I didn't see any difference. After reading the answer above, I closed and reopened and the bar is back to the small one at the bottom that doesn't waste a lot of space or add stuff I don't need.

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