This tutorial will show you how to add and remove quick actions on Mail messages in the Outlook for Windows app for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The new Outlook for Windows brings the latest features, intelligent assisted capabilities and a new modern and simplified design to your Outlook app. You can tailor it to your style and do more with new Outlook for Windows.
Starting in June 2023, Microsoft is beginning the process of migrating existing Windows Mail, Calendar, and People users to the new Outlook for Windows.
Beginning in 2024, Windows 11 devices will be shipped with the new Outlook for Windows as the default mailbox application free for all to use. The Mail and Calendar apps will continue to be available via download in the Microsoft Store through the end of 2024. On existing devices, users can switch to the new Outlook for Windows from a toggle in the Mail and Calendar apps.
You can customize your most frequently used actions that appear beside sender names and subject lines on a selected message in your message list in Mail in Outlook for Windows. A maximum of four quick actions are currently only supported at this time, but you can right click on messages to see and use the full list of available actions.
Changes you make to quick actions on messages are applied to all email accounts added to Mail in Outlook for Windows.
EXAMPLE: Quick actions on Mail message in Outlook for Windows
Here's How:
1 Open the Outlook for Windows app.
2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) icon on the toolbar. (see screenshot below)
3 In Settings, click/tap on Mail in the left pane, and click/tap on Customize actions in the middle pane. (see screenshot below)
4 Under Quick actions, check (add) or uncheck (remove) the actions you want, and click/tap on Save when finished to apply. (see screenshot below)
Only a maximum of four quick actions selected at once is currently supported at this time.
5 You can now close the Settings window if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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