How to disable downloads tab in Outlook app

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How to disable downloads tab in Outlook app

Anonymous

Can anyone advise how to remove the below tab from my outlook app?

It doesn't format properly when I have two screens up and is causing me alot of annoying issues. Download tab

Any help is much appreciated!

ChristyZhang-MSFT 26,126 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-02-06T07:19:50.32+00:00

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Faery Fu-MSFT 19,751 Reputation points Moderator

2023-02-28T08:15:44.85+00:00

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ChristyZhang-MSFT 26,126 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-02-06T07:19:50.32+00:00

Hi @Anonymous ,

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Faery Fu-MSFT 19,751 Reputation points Moderator

2023-02-28T08:15:44.85+00:00

Hi @Techlogic Marketing ,

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ChristyZhang-MSFT 26,126 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Techlogic Marketing ,

Welcome to our forum!

According to your description, i noticed that you don't want the download menu to pop up when you click to download the file, right? If so, please kindly understand that the Outlook tag here we mainly focus on general issues about Outlook desktop client. I will provide some suggestions based on my experience, if the following does not help, it's recommended that you could contact the relevant technical support of the browser. Please follow the following steps:

1.Click on the "..." option at the top right of the download menu > click Downloads settings.

2.Then disable the Show downloads menu when a download starts option.

Hope the above help!

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ChristyZhang-MSFT 26,126 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-02-16T08:44:54.19+00:00

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Katie M 0 Reputation points

2024-05-01T18:52:45.36+00:00

Hi Christy, I like this answer, however my version of Outlook does not have the Download Settings option. Its only allows to 'Clear All Download History'....and yes this is a very annoying box. I do a lot of downloading and it takes time away just to continue deleting!
Robert Carter 0 Reputation points

2025-04-28T11:57:58.7433333+00:00

I have the same annoyance and problem that the downloads ... does not show the settings option. Outlook is:

Microsoft Outlook Version: 1.2025.416.400 (Production)

Client Version: 20250418009.08

WebView2 Version: 135.0.3179.98

Session ID: e32a4025-de17-7a4e-997f-19f16bc225b1

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