Outlook - is it possible to hide archive button?

DavidYorkshire 91 Reputation points
2020-08-31T18:10:42.917+00:00

Is it possible to hide the Archive button in Outlook 365? There's a registry setting disablemanualarchive in software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences which I've enabled by group policy, but the button remains.

Thanks

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  1. Andy David - MVP 142.3K Reputation points MVP
    2020-08-31T18:56:44.527+00:00

    Maybe?
    https://www.slipstick.com/how-to-outlook/group-policy-disable-commands/

    Archive
    (Clean up old items in Outlook 2016) 1886

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  2. JeffYang-MSFT 6,241 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2020-09-01T09:28:53.82+00:00

    Hi @DavidYorkshire ,
    Does the Archive button you mentioned mean like below?
    21768-17-00-21.png
    If so, as I know, we could just make it grey out and can not hide it.

    I tested in my Outlook 365 Version 2008 Build 13127.20296 and found that both registry key method and GPO method can disable this button.

    You could disable this button by creating the following registry key:
    Registry Hive HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences
    Value Name disablemanualarchive
    Value Type REG_DWORD
    Enabled Value 1
    (Note: Serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Before making changes, back up the registry to restore it in case something goes wrong.)

    Or you could disable it via User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Microsoft Outlook 2016 > Disable Items in User Interface > Custom > Disable command bar buttons and menu items > Enable it and set ID as 1886 as Andy mentioned above.

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