This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off using colorful app icons on the navigation bar in Outlook for Windows 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.
The navigation bar on the left side of Outlook for Windows shows the icons of your pinned Microsoft 365 apps.
Outlook uses colorful app icons on the navigation pane by default, but you can turn this off to show black and white app icons instead.
EXAMPLE: Turn on/off "Use colorful app icons" on navigation bar 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 General in the left pane, and click/tap on Appearance in the middle pane. (see screenshot below step 4)
4 Under Navigation bar, turn on (default) or off Use colorful app icons for what you want. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close the Settings window if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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