How to Delay Delivery for All Messages in New Outlook (Outlook Version 1.2023.607.100)?

LBL 520

Before switching to New Outlook (Outlook Version 1.2023.607.100) I had delayed the sending of all messages by one minute. On New Outlook I can't find that option anymore. I tried to create a rule but "defer delivery by a number of minutes" isn't an option in the dropdown list of actions anymore. Same with creating a quick step.

Under Settings>>Mail>>Compose and Reply it allows you to "undo send" for up to 10 seconds and says "Messages can be canceled for up to 10 seconds. You can choose how long Outlook will wait to send your messages" - but I can't find where to do that.

Dan Dietiker 610 Reputation points

2023-08-09T13:24:33.34+00:00

Microsoft... PLEASE add this Delay feature back for ALL Mesages. The whole point is to be able to delay EVERY time in case you made a mistake or a new email comes into the inbox that counters your message. a 5-10 minute delay on ALL messages sent is NEEDED.
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Caroline Jeannerat 355 Reputation points

2023-09-01T08:37:45.5433333+00:00

I fully support this. Microsoft cannot possibly expect me to go set the delay for every single email, every single time. Why do you take away features that are absolutely essential to working life?
Fabio Scartoni Avellar Fonseca 310 Reputation points

2023-09-19T15:54:57.6633333+00:00

Same here, guys. This feature is life saving. I cannot keep the new outlook without it.
C Eby 265 Reputation points

2023-09-26T17:52:11.7433333+00:00

Ditto. Was just trying the New Outlook and will need to ditch it because it does not have this feature. Please make this happen MS.
Shawn Antonelli 85 Reputation points

2023-10-09T03:20:03.9733333+00:00

There is so much to not like about the "New Outlook" as per all of the prior without this feature I cannot use the tool but there is also the lack of multiple line previews instead forcing onto a single line or to use the reading pane to take up even more valuable real estate on the screen. The instant open on selection of any item... the list is long and the product is useless to me in it's current format.
Orestis Vogiatzis 215 Reputation points

2023-10-11T14:27:56.1866667+00:00

The lack of delay rule in new outlook is pure sadness.
Bobby 80 Reputation points

2023-10-13T17:21:54.32+00:00

Please add this back in. In old outlook I had a 1 minute delay set for all emails going out. I cannot tell you how many times this saved me headache or just fat fingering sending an email.

I'm going to switch back to Old Outlook until this is added to New Outlook. I'm assuming Microsoft has data on how many people use this feature? How could you miss this? No hard feeling, please add it back. Thank you.
André Bisig 65 Reputation points

2023-10-23T11:07:41.3866667+00:00

Well that was one of the most important features to delay all messages. For me this means rolling back to the "older" version that supports this function for the meantime. Please update when it's implemented in new version.
Jurgensen, Patricia [JJCUS] 115 Reputation points

2023-11-16T15:34:09.9666667+00:00

YES PLEASE BRING BACK THE DELAY ALL EMAILS BY X MIN RULE!!!!! This is terrible that you removed this rule!!!! I know so many people that use this and with good reason!
Stephen Mathew James 105 Reputation points

2023-12-06T15:07:32.18+00:00

Whenever Microsoft makes a "New" version of one of its products, I wonder if anyone in their development team goes by the old saying "If it ain't broken, don't fix it.". I try my best to be onboard every time a new UI or software version comes out but this new Outlook leaves less to be desired. While some of the UI changes are alright (not great; just alright), so many essential features have been removed. Delay Delivery for All Messages is one of those. The number of times it has saved me from embarrassment cannot be counted. And now Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on it. Please bring back the feature. This is a much-needed feature.

Update - New Outlook is crappy. I'm sorry but Microsoft - y'all got it wrong. Clearly either get rid of your feedback group or start listening to the voices of the real customers. Reverting to the "old" functioning feature-rich Outlook.
Ilan S 50 Reputation points

2023-12-13T12:25:23.0966667+00:00

Come on MS developers. What's the big deal? The feature is already in place, so coding a default to all takes you so long??
Jannick Splitthoff 40 Reputation points

2023-12-19T13:34:06.21+00:00

Is this even real? How does one leave out fetaures of a running system?

Unacceptable.
Mongalore 40 Reputation points

2023-12-28T14:16:55.1433333+00:00

Please add email send delay as an option.
Cooke, Robert 35 Reputation points

2024-01-17T20:20:55.4066667+00:00

agree need the delay email rule. Also, the snooze button for meetings is not actually working. I hit snooze 5 mins before meeting and it pops up and reminds me every 5 mins
arthur oppenheimer 35 Reputation points

2024-01-20T14:38:32.4333333+00:00

This change/deletion of the ability to delay all messages is totally ludicrous. I don't want to have to do this individually for every single message - I will now switch back to the old outlook. PLEASE Microsoft reinstall this feature
ClippyZ 30 Reputation points

2024-02-07T21:19:33.77+00:00

So incredibly disappointed this feature - delay sending all messages - isn't supported in the new outlook. It's a dealbreaker! Back to the old outlook, despite some of the other positive features in the new version. This has saved me way too many times
van Zee, Pieter 30 Reputation points

2024-02-07T23:27:24.9+00:00

Fully agree. The "defer delivery by a number of minutes" feature for email is essential. Rely on it every day. Can't move to the new version without it.
Jurgensen, Patricia [JJCUS] 115 Reputation points

2024-02-08T14:33:50.54+00:00

Hello Microsoft... Please address this issue. I have been using delay on all emails by one minute for so many years. Why would you take this away? Do you read these forums? Please fix.
Lucio Urbano 25 Reputation points

2024-02-08T19:34:41.8466667+00:00

In the previous version we had the feature to advanced create rules that now is much more simpler. Having the ability of creating a rule would address this delay issue. In my case, I´d like to create a delay in every single message, waiting 2min (not only 10sec). It has saved my life multiple times..
Alexandre Dumont 5 Reputation points

2024-02-12T15:18:33.1833333+00:00

It's another counterproductive feature (lack thereof) packed into New Outlook.
Samantha Robinson 80 Reputation points

2024-02-15T05:33:40.0633333+00:00

I think I'll have to go back to the old version without the ability for the 1 minute delay!
Patrick Leser 30 Reputation points

2024-02-21T15:30:01.14+00:00

Parroting another user, I fully support reimplementing the email send delay feature. This feature is so fundamental, it shows a profound disconnect with your end users. Why do you take away features that are absolutely essential to working life?
MK8 LFS 20 Reputation points

2024-03-01T05:23:27.16+00:00

I absolutely require this feature. "Undo Send" up to 10 seconds is akin to the rather basic Gmail Labs option in Gmail, whereas the previous Outlook Rule to Delay Send by X minutes was fully bespoke.
SolarDawn 25 Reputation points

2024-03-06T09:25:43.5966667+00:00

This and SO MANY other things are a downgrade on the new Outlook. My font changes even within the same email thread. You can no longer sort by flagged emails. You can't add a link to a network folder - only URL links. So much of the good bits of functionality in the previous version of Outlook is gone in this new version. Absolutely bonkers.
Carlos Meca 30 Reputation points

2024-03-19T17:13:12.97+00:00

please make this option available. Will revert back to old outlook until it is
Carlos Meca 30 Reputation points

2024-03-19T17:13:46.82+00:00

will revert to old outlook until this option is available
Jurgensen, Patricia [JJCUS] 115 Reputation points

2024-03-29T13:55:24.6633333+00:00

Microsoft, how can you be so _tupid? Hundreds of us are asking for this feature back!!!!
Monika 15 Reputation points

2024-04-03T09:50:57.9+00:00

"Schedule send" for EACH and EVERY email is not what the option of "defer delivery" is for. Bring this option to new outlook please. Each sent email will wait in the Outbox for the selected amount of time (1 minute in my case). We need this option for safety, easy communication, clarity and avoidance of redundant emails. Thank you.
James Collins 15 Reputation points

2024-04-05T15:02:50.8266667+00:00

Ditto for me, too important a feature to leave out. Can't switch until it's added back.
Panos 15 Reputation points

2024-04-05T20:01:21.9933333+00:00

Gmail has it as a default feature that allows you to delay sending for up to 5 minutes...
Yates, Sean 20 Reputation points

2024-04-18T12:49:07.1366667+00:00

I've been delaying all emails one minute for years. 10 seconds simply is not enough time. Please either allow delay rules to be as they were in the past or increase the standard allowable delay beyond 10 seconds - it should be minutes.
Samantha Robinson 80 Reputation points

2024-04-18T22:13:41.03+00:00

Me too (1 minute for years) and totally agree. This is madness. What happened to taking into account customer feedback and customer experience design? How many people said "nah - don't need the delay all messages functionality"?!

This tool is for the customer and who in their right minds made the decision to remove this key functionality? Bonkers. Microsoft, this is going backwards not forward. AND the 1 minute is a risk mitigant in this age of doing everything at speed - please bring it back. The impact of not is lower adoption of the new Outlook - most features for which are great, but the risk of sending an incomplete email, or saying something I don't want to say and not being able to "unring that bell" is too great. so I changed back to the classic Outlook some time ago and won't be moving forward with the new (unless you get rid of the classic Outlook) until that feature is there.
Atiat, Hadj 20 Reputation points

2024-04-24T12:15:15.1166667+00:00

Same here.

I used to have a 2 minutes delay, 10 seconds is not enough.
CARLA BARROS 20 Reputation points

2024-04-26T11:43:33.96+00:00

Could you please bring back the feature that allows delaying emails by a certain amount of time? The feature was really useful, and its removal has caused inconvenience to many users.
Stefan Blom 2,271 Reputation points MVP

2024-04-26T12:45:33.27+00:00

Could you please bring back the feature that allows delaying emails by a certain amount of time? The feature was really useful, and its removal has caused inconvenience to many users.

Carla,

In the new Outlook for Windows, there is an option to schedule a message to be sent later. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/delay-or-schedule-sending-email-messages-in-outlook-for-windows-026af69f-c287-490a-a72f-6c65793744ba .
Dr. Yang 20 Reputation points

2024-04-30T12:36:13.2666667+00:00

This feature needs to be brought back. We cannot set a schedule after every email--highly inconvenient. Thanks.
Kim, Kyungrok 15 Reputation points

2024-05-02T13:40:57.5533333+00:00

one more comment here. in order to try co-pilot functionality, my outlook had to be changed to the new outlook, and very disappointed that I am unable to set the rule for delay delivery of all outgoing mails for 1 min,,,,,, needs help and feature update from MSFT.
Barden, Rachel 90 Reputation points

2024-05-08T16:23:05.6933333+00:00

Just had another instance while using New Outlook where having a delay send rule on all messages would've saved me from messing up an email :( wish there was a way to tag MS development directly to make sure a real human actually sees these comments
Nencetti, Luca (Cognizant) 40 Reputation points

2024-05-13T07:15:02.94+00:00

Yes, we need the option to set up a delay on every email sent. For the moment I will revert back to the old Outlook
matthew milnes 15 Reputation points

2024-05-17T16:17:39.4233333+00:00

Why would you take away a feature that is obviously useful to so many of your customers. This type of poor customer support makes me consider returning to Apple Mail.
Mark Hawkins 55 Reputation points

2024-06-05T08:42:25.2366667+00:00

Switching back to CLASSIC outlook. This feature alone is the sole reason I won't switch to the NEW Outlook... such a pity.
Mikee 15 Reputation points

2024-06-07T13:57:50.75+00:00

Please bring back this feature in the new Outlook. We need delayed mails for all mails!
Michelle Kuhn 30 Reputation points

2024-06-24T17:45:33.65+00:00

We don't want to Schedule Send. That is not the question being asked here. I want the emails to sit in the Outbox for a set amount of time. I frequently do Mail merge emails through Word and I often need to stop them and change something before sending. I need that option back.
Whole Enchilada 31 Reputation points

2024-06-26T16:23:04.96+00:00

Loss of this feature renders this new version of Outlook unusable for me. What the heck is your problem, Microsoft? Why such contempt for long-time users?
Gergely Balog 20 Reputation points

2024-07-16T07:51:05.1233333+00:00

Fully agreed, need this feature day to day. I want to defer delivering all emails with 2 minutes, so i have a moment to think after hitting send. it has saved my behind many times.
Elizabeth Ferrante 15 Reputation points

2024-07-17T12:46:02.17+00:00

I also need this feature. Switching back to the old outlook until I hear it's updated.
Cisca Vennard 15 Reputation points

2024-07-22T13:04:30.1966667+00:00

Microsoft, please, reinstate the ability to pick a custom delay for all messages. I used to have a one-minute delay for all messages and my colleague a three-minute delay. 5 or 10 minutes are the only options and they are excessive in many cases.
Samantha Robinson 80 Reputation points

2024-07-22T22:27:41.2+00:00

I am hoping that Microsoft will listen because clearly this is a well-used and much requested feature of Outlook uptake of the new Outlook will not be as optimal because many of us just won't go to it. Shame really, because the new Outlook does have some great features. UX is everything and it blows my brain that Microsoft neglected to build it into the original upgrade of Outlook a nd don't appear to be listening. Bonkers.

C'mon Microsoft - please surprise and delight us by adding this back in.
Matt 50 Reputation points

2024-08-08T15:45:07.0766667+00:00

How has this not been addressed yet?!
Dawson, Julia 25 Reputation points

2024-08-22T09:46:55.1466667+00:00

Please please please bring this back. It is madness to expect us to put a delay on send every time we compose an email.
Nina C 10 Reputation points

2024-09-04T20:08:07.03+00:00

Completely agree with everyone asking for this feature to be restored. Not only was it useful, note that a 10-second window for undoing "Send" is not accessible design. Please see WCAG 2.2, Guideline 2.2: Enough Time.
Robert Voogt 15 Reputation points

2024-09-06T07:32:51.47+00:00

How is this still not added? Way to go and make New Outlook so pointless.
Sean Patterson 75 Reputation points

2024-09-06T14:06:46.34+00:00

Everybody please go and like this question, leave comments, and like other's comments. The more interaction it gets, in theory, the higher it is on their honey do list. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2043577/how-to-delay-delivery-of-all-outgoing-emails-in-ou
Khalil, Shari 10 Reputation points

2024-09-09T18:45:21.0566667+00:00

I'd like to use the new version but have to go back to classic because I need a 2 min delay on all emails. I have been very happy with that rule in place. Please add this to the new version.
LMS 10 Reputation points

2024-09-16T13:26:19.9933333+00:00

It's been over a year and I can see the over 50 comments saying this is bad and Microsoft needs to restore the feature. You are clearly NOT LISTENING.

No universal delay rule = no new Outlook.

You have made the program WORTHLESS.
Kevin S. Buchanan 10 Reputation points

2024-09-23T18:55:37.3933333+00:00

I am fully supportive of the comments that New Outlook needs this function. It isn't the only feature/function that is missing with New Outlook...I just hope that Microsoft is planning to level the features/functions. The current 'New Outlook' is just not a productive tool (for me).
Keegan 5 Reputation points

2024-09-27T18:33:24.3433333+00:00

Goodbye new outlook until this feature is added.
Martin Friel 5 Reputation points

2024-11-07T09:04:01.9966667+00:00

As someone who can sometimes can be emotionally reactive to emails, the delay on all messages feature is essential for me. Please add this feature back into Outlook.

Accepted answer

Faery Fu-MSFT 18,821 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2023-06-20T06:21:14.81+00:00

Hi @LBL ,

Welcome to our forum!

In the New Outlook for Windows, you can delay the delivery of individual messages. Just select the dropdown next to the Send button and select Schedule send.

However, schedule sending for all emails is currently not supported in the New Outlook for Windows. As a workaround, you can switch back to the classic Outlook at any time by clicking the toggle button in the top right corner of the window.

I submitted your feedback on the dedicated portal via the link below: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/47b80343-320f-ee11-a81c-000d3a7a48db

Many features of our current products are designed and upgraded based on customers’ feedback. With requirements like this increase, the problem may well be released in the future.

You can mark my reply as an answer, so that other users in the forum who have similar problems can also vote.

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10 people found this answer helpful.
Joni O'Neal-Dischner 60 Reputation points

2023-06-22T16:39:53.1166667+00:00

I, too, had a delay on all my outgoing mail (3 minutes), and it is very disheartening that this feature (which saved me many embarrassing situations) is no longer available. Will this feature be supported soon, or is it being eliminated permanently? It's a dreadful inefficiency to create a custom send time for individual emails.

Serge Wallagh 80 Reputation points

2023-06-22T20:14:49.4466667+00:00

Me to: this DELAY all messages was a killer fucntion. Using it for years. Why did Microsoft delete this?

I DO not think I will beusing the new OUtlook till this is fixed.

AndyC 70 Reputation points

2023-06-23T03:46:36.0533333+00:00

Yeah, me too!

I am sorely missing this feature.

But at the time of writing, I'm the only person to upvote the feature request in the feedback portal? Please upvote, or we might not get it back! https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/47b80343-320f-ee11-a81c-000d3a7a48db

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Barden, Rachel 90 Reputation points

2023-07-19T12:37:40.6966667+00:00

I agree, delayed send is a lifesaver. Holding outgoing emails for 10 seconds barely gives the user enough time to cancel the email even if they realize they want to cancel it immediately after hitting send, but usually it takes a minute or so before I realize I sent an email with wrong information.

Nicholas Olson 55 Reputation points

2023-08-18T01:50:17.5+00:00

Please make sure to include this feature. I've stopped using new outlook solely because there is no option to create a rule to delay ALL messages.

cheria 30 Reputation points

2023-08-24T12:38:24.72+00:00

i too have the same problem. it is a useful feature which has saved me many a times.

Dan Dietiker 610 Reputation points

2023-09-19T15:57:22.9666667+00:00

Doing this every time for each individual email is stupid and does not meet the true need of this feature!

TT Jansen 25 Reputation points

2023-10-04T17:11:10.69+00:00

The answer that Faery supplied does not appear on my Desktop app of the New Outlook, which is what I prefer to use as it allows me to connect my email account for my business, which is not a yahoo, outlook or gmail account.

I can see the option in Outlook online.

So, this still needs to be added to the Desktop app to make this a viable solution for small businesses.

Nicolaas Ooms 30 Reputation points

2023-10-26T13:44:34.5566667+00:00

I also miss the delay feature in the new outlook.

Frampton, Margaret 45 Reputation points

2023-11-06T19:27:28.0433333+00:00

Adding my vote to the pile - I just want my outbox back. It's not even that i might send a mistake, its just that after i send an email, sometimes I want to add something to it so that I don't have to send another one and possibly break the email chain.

Look and feel stuff, I can get used to. Even messing around with the tasks list- fine, I can adapt. But this is a change that I do not welcome - setting a delay for every single email individually is simply not a viable workaround.

Stephen Mathew James 105 Reputation points

2023-12-12T15:26:48.3966667+00:00

"... Many features of our current products are designed and upgraded based on customers’ feedback."

Bruh... 🤭 You have to be kidding. Who? WHO?! Who in the world gave feedback that the Delay Delivery feature had to be removed? 🤦🏽‍♂️

Deanr181 20 Reputation points

2023-12-19T06:09:36.2433333+00:00

There is no drop down menu next to the Send Button. How do I schedule the sending of emails now?

Merrily McDonald 25 Reputation points

2024-01-13T09:29:14.2633333+00:00

I work through the night and NEED to delay delivery of almost every single email - WHY WAS THE OPTION FORGOTTEN????

mstrom 35 Reputation points

2024-01-17T20:26:47.8633333+00:00

I won't be using the new outlook until this feature is put back in.

Dan Dietiker 610 Reputation points

2024-01-17T20:35:30.7033333+00:00

PLEASE ADD THE DELAY FEATURE BACK.

Dan Dietiker 610 Reputation points

2024-01-17T20:36:17.4033333+00:00

PLEASE ADD THE DELAY FEATURE BACK.

Pedro Roxo Pereira 25 Reputation points

2024-01-22T16:07:31.78+00:00

Please restore feature. Your solution is not the same thing. Going back to the old version.

Yewliang Woo 25 Reputation points

2024-01-29T20:07:49.09+00:00

Arrgh... I am switching back to Classic Outlook because if this. Else I like the new UI, but this delay x mins before sending on every mail is a must have. Upvote to bring this back. It has saved my many many times from a lot of potentially harmful, and certainly embarrasing situations!

Tracy H. Schwind 20 Reputation points

2024-02-01T23:04:48.2433333+00:00

I need delay back for all emails. That's a huge disappointment to not have that option. 10 seconds is worthless and may as well not even exist. Who thought that made sense?

Lando Martiniani 175 Reputation points

2024-02-06T06:49:19.1766667+00:00

Why is this being marked as "Accepted answer"? Only 3 people have found this helpful. This is not a solution, only a workaround. It's a manual effort on our part and not what's required. Please, just extend the automated delay from 10 seconds to longer timelines.

Ali Simpson 45 Reputation points

2024-02-14T16:41:43.8633333+00:00

I started using the New Outlook and loved it! Until I realized I can't set a blanket Delay rule for all emails I send. This function is absolutely needed, forever using the old version now.

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Brian Hamilton 20 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2024-02-21T13:14:28.48+00:00

Please bring back this feature. why would you remove it?

Guido van der Harst 20 Reputation points

2024-02-21T14:01:19.67+00:00

You really made a mistake by taking this option out. Deferring delivery of messages is key. It happens too often I have to change a message already sent because of new insights or forgetting to attach a document.

Pieter Niemeijer 25 Reputation points

2024-03-04T10:06:11.54+00:00

I (and many of my colleagues) will switch back to the "old" outlook just to be able to use this feature. Please let me know whenever this features is updated in the "new" outlook so I can switch.

Samantha Robinson 80 Reputation points

2024-03-05T23:01:01.73+00:00

Microsoft, there has been a lot of feedback and judging by the fact that your message is from June 2023, you aren't listening to your customers! Please add the feature back in - making this happen for individual emails rather than as an inherent rule for those that want to use it, is not useful.

Sam Gibbins 20 Reputation points

2024-03-06T11:23:46.8+00:00

Deferring delivery of messages is key. Please add this feature back

Peter Modestou 40 Reputation points

2024-03-21T09:34:00.6+00:00

Well I'm just not going to use the new system until I can use the delay to all emails. Pretty useless to me if this feature is not included. Other than that, I like the look of the new system... MS you just need to fix the missing feature!

John Leonard 25 Reputation points

2024-03-26T11:37:27.5866667+00:00

I will be restoring the old version. I prefer to hold all my outgoing emails for several minutes, permitting me a chance to catch my breath and reread what I wrote. It has saved me many times from a typo-ridden, grammatically-poor, content-insensitive email from going into the wild where it can be seen forever. While AI may help with typos and grammar, it can't help with insensitive content. But a PAUSE can!

Jurgensen, Patricia [JJCUS] 115 Reputation points

2024-03-29T13:58:42.5833333+00:00

Please put this feature back! why would you remove a feature that many use?

Ben Hosford 15 Reputation points

2024-04-04T09:05:31.0866667+00:00

Agreed with the growing number of comments. This is a vital part of my working life and I will go back to Old Outlook to use the existing feature there and urge Microsoft to listen and simply add back something that was already there and in high use.

Lando Martiniani 175 Reputation points

2024-05-02T07:33:53.3666667+00:00

@Stefan Blom also, can please remove this as the Accepted Answer? This is obviously not even an acceptable workaround... you can't go from having something automated to doing it manually on every single message you send, that's apples and oranges. Your answer is much more acceptable.

Stefan Blom 2,271 Reputation points MVP

2024-05-02T07:52:25.9833333+00:00

Stefan Blom also, can please remove this as the Accepted Answer? This is obviously not even an acceptable workaround... you can't go from having something automated to doing it manually on every single message you send, that's apples and oranges. Your answer is much more acceptable.

As far as I know, only the original poster can remove the Accepted Answer "vote." I suppose that the forum moderators can do it as well, but I don't know who moderate the Q&A forum at the moment...

Sean Patterson 75 Reputation points

2024-05-06T13:03:35.46+00:00

Not helpful. This wastes so much of my time!!!!

Nencetti, Luca (Cognizant) 40 Reputation points

2024-05-13T07:17:01.65+00:00

We need the delay feature, as available in the old Outlook, otherwise not interested in switching to the new Outlook

Bockisch, Christian 20 Reputation points

2024-05-13T08:27:09.2166667+00:00

just can agree. this feature is a must have!

Kerry Lowe 5 Reputation points

2024-05-26T09:06:33.78+00:00

I dont have a dropdown arrow next to my Send button. Will have to keep old Outlook as I use the Delay Sending option all the time.

David F 5 Reputation points

2024-06-06T00:16:26.99+00:00

My Outlook regularly closes when I try to toggle. It's also a bad solution (the new version lacks features so use the old one)!

Sander T 15 Reputation points

2024-06-23T22:15:08.88+00:00

Like many others, I am also switching back to the previous Outlook. Really hope the delay sending for all messages is going to be enabled before MS stops suppot of the previous Outlook!

Michelle Kuhn 30 Reputation points

2024-06-24T17:49:05.0933333+00:00

We don't want to Schedule Send. That is not the question being asked here. I want the emails to sit in the Outbox for a set amount of time. I frequently do Mail merge emails through Word and I often need to stop them and change something before sending. I need that option back.

Virginie Cousineau 10 Reputation points

2024-07-06T12:56:07.9033333+00:00

we NEED IT !! Any update ??

Peter Modestou 40 Reputation points

2024-07-17T09:26:18.9666667+00:00

I'm simply not going to update until this feature is avalable. MS ignoring customers and just telling us to do something we dont want to do is not how MS used to be... Stop trying to be Apple and dumbing down your systems... we like more options

Sean Patterson 75 Reputation points

2024-07-26T12:10:34.5866667+00:00

This bug was reported over a year ago! How is it not yet fixed? We all want to migrate to your new Outlook, but we can't until you fix this.

Lando Martiniani 175 Reputation points

2024-09-05T09:42:04.3666667+00:00

@Faery Fu-MSFT please remove this as an accepted answer. It is not a solution. We understand this is a feature and not a bug, but everyone who has responded to this, and probably many more, are frustrated that it is not being acknowledged that it doesn't work as it should. A feature request should be raised to change the time limit beyond 10 seconds. It could take the application sometimes 10 seconds just to respond, so it's useless. If a feature request has been raised, that should be noted here and set as the accepted answer and this question can be closed. It's been almost a year!!!

Mark Hawkins 55 Reputation points

2024-09-05T15:10:14.3766667+00:00

How is this the ACCEPTED SOLUTION and who gets to decide that?! This is definitley not the solution and completely misses what is being discussed here. There is a big difference between Scheduled Send and a "Delay send RULE" - they are not the same and completely different use cases...

I will never leave the OLD Outlook and switch to the NEW outlook unless this Delay send is added.

Lando Martiniani 175 Reputation points

2024-09-08T12:37:30.9866667+00:00

Thanks to A. Crum (can't find the name to tag them) for posting this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2043632/how-do-i-automatically-delay-sending-of-all-email

I just made a comment and suggest everyone do the same until @Faery Fu-MSFT acknowledges this is not solved.

A. Crum 60 Reputation points

2024-09-09T12:55:40.23+00:00

Looks like the automated system deleted my message for a "violation of the Code of Conduct". I'm not sure why, as all I did was post the link to the new comment like Lando did. Conspiracy theory: are they trying to suppress this request? 🤣

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2043632/how-do-i-automatically-delay-sending-of-all-email

Matt 50 Reputation points

2024-09-09T13:40:04.8566667+00:00

This is not a fix. We need an actual solution ASAP.

Lando Martiniani 175 Reputation points

2024-09-10T10:13:28.0133333+00:00

@Faery Fu-MSFT can you please update your answer to point to this feature request: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/2bf2079a-71bd-ed11-83ff-000d3a1ab7d1

To everyone else reading this, please go to that link and comment there and upvote it.

LMS 10 Reputation points

2024-09-16T13:30:22.83+00:00

Having to set this on every single e-mail is not functional. It is completely unacceptable that this problem has not been addressed in over a year.

Lando Martiniani 175 Reputation points

2024-09-16T15:00:49.4633333+00:00

Looks like that other feature request has been stuck in "needs more details" for a while. There's another here that we can start to upvote and comment on: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/cd51fe58-d7ba-ee11-92bd-6045bdaf7237

Lawrence Darius LC 5 Reputation points

2024-10-10T09:16:36.08+00:00

This reply is more than a year old, and the functionality of delaying all messages for a minute is still not available. It seems bizarre that Microsoft would make a new version of Outlook with less functionality rather than more functionality. Normally your change things in order to provide a better service to your customers, not a worse one. Please fix this. Thank you.

Lando Martiniani 175 Reputation points

2024-10-10T10:15:37.92+00:00

As stated in my previous message, we should be going to this link, which is an official feature request, and commenting and upvoting on it: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/cd51fe58-d7ba-ee11-92bd-6045bdaf7237

I believe this thread is not being reviewed by Microsoft anymore. Either that, or we are simply being ignored (hint, hint, ChatGPT, if you're listening).

Kevin S. Buchanan 10 Reputation points

2024-10-10T12:36:03.12+00:00

Many people are very frustrated with the "New Outlook", and I'm certain others are satisified with it. The problem though, is that someone who has maximized the functional features of "Legacy Outlook" has done so to make their experience optimal for their work flow. Everyone is different, yeah - I understand that.

But I agree with Lawrence Darius LC comment that historically, we have seen Microsoft make improvements to their products when a new version is released. Granted, sometimes thier products misses the mark (Windows Bob, Windows Me, Windows Vista). Their history has always leaned toward improvements and new features - but 'New Outlook' is severely missing many of the features that help a user to optimize their workflow with Outlook.

Fortunately, we can still use the 'Legacy Outlook' for several more years, but I expect Microsoft to fill every gap of functions that are missing in the 'New Outlook'. Even more of my opinion, is that Microsoft should not have release the new version until it was much closer in parity to the legacy version.

Cedric Ladde 5 Reputation points

2024-10-21T10:52:53.88+00:00

We need this feature back. Can't be that hard to implement for a company the size of MS
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Tz 5 Reputation points

2024-03-29T07:16:31.5433333+00:00

Sometimes i really don't understand the people who make "upgrades" how they miss essential things and all the layers of approval sleep thru it; not just in MS all kinds of business.

For the rest of the folks here's my solution:

file / rules & alerts / new rule / apply rule on messages SEND / on this computer only / defer delivery by a number of minutes / click on the minutes 1 min is minimum

it will work ONLY on the device you set the rule. If you do it on your laptop and then send from your phone, guess what - phone won't delay

best
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Pieter Niemeijer 25 Reputation points

2024-04-02T08:18:48.5133333+00:00

Hi TZ, tnx for your comment and i wish that was true, this indeed works for the "old" outlook. for the "new" version there is no option to select "apply rule on messages send"
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Aris Lopez 5 Reputation points

2024-04-01T14:47:53.2566667+00:00

Hello! Has the delay delivery function been fixed yet? I desperately need this function as it helps me double-check my work for any mistakes.

PLEASE restore this feature!!!
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Maciej KOROTKI 5 Reputation points

2024-04-10T13:53:37.2033333+00:00

Please restore this feature.

Urgently needed.
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John Weaver 5 Reputation points

2024-05-10T21:59:09.4766667+00:00

How in the world has this not been restored?

Such a common setup for so many people I know. Removing that functionality makes zero sense.

Zeb Z 10 Reputation points

2024-05-14T10:51:08.4833333+00:00

ESCALATE THIS ISSUE

Restore the 'delay all messages' feature in the MS Outlook, or extend the existing 10 second delay option.

I returned to MS Outlook for work after several years of using Zoho email, which delays all emails very well; old Outlook did this well too (the 10-second maximum delay option is not long enough).

Pressing ‘SEND’ on an email somehow triggers the subconscious to do a mental check in the two or three minutes after an email is sent; being able to go back into an email and make small corrections can have a disproportionately beneficial and positive effect on work.

I would go as far as saying that a three minute delay should be the default option on an email system and would probably help most senders and receivers of email; good emails can leave you smiling and fulfilled, but bad emails generate additional work, misunderstanding and conflict.

This is one small feature that could make a real difference in a busy work life – and would more likely leave me smiling after using the new MS Outlook.

With many thanks

Z

Keith6789 0 Reputation points

2024-05-17T19:12:40.0866667+00:00

It seems feature has now been added to New Outlook, although only up to 10 seconds.

Look under View Settings > Mail > Compose and Reply > Undo Send

It allows blanket delaying of messages for up to 10 seconds.

Chris Donnelly 5 Reputation points

2024-05-17T19:54:32.9833333+00:00

Ugh, I mean I guess its progress, but 10 seconds is nowhere near good enough. If they could just add a line of code to change that to be up to 120 secounts I can finally switch to the new outlook. I have used this feature for 10+ years now with a 2-minute delay and it saved me from mistakes or having to send another email immediately after because I forgot something hundreds of times.

Sean Patterson 75 Reputation points

2024-05-22T12:34:57.5266667+00:00

MICROSOFT!!!! When will this be fixed?!?!?!?!?! This is extremely core functionality!!!! Please fix ASAP!!!!!!!
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Sam Starzynski 5 Reputation points

2024-04-17T20:04:26.3666667+00:00

I keep vetting New Outlook and have reverted back to the old version each time because this feature is missing. This really needs to be added to the new version. I'm very disappointed in the lack of development to include this.
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How to Delay Delivery for All Messages in New Outlook (Outlook Version 1.2023.607.100)?

PLEASE ADD THE DELAY FEATURE BACK.

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