Solved I don't Understand My MS Office Programs Listings

Madrona · Nov 3, 2024

I don't understand my office programs listed under applications.

I have a relatively new Lenovo laptop (less than a year old). I did not have any office programs installed on it when I ordred/configured it to buy.

I recently installed MS Office 2021 Professional Plus .

In my apps listings I now have:

Is Mail and Calendar a separate app from the one in Outlook within Office? Can I uninstall it without it affecting anything in Office Professional Plus?
Why do I have two Microsoft 365 listed? One seems to be a placeholder ad. Are there any associated files with Professional Plus?

I also have 'New Outlook'. Is this separate from the Outlook in Professional Plus, as well as the Outlook online account? This is confusing.

siliconbeaver · Nov 3, 2024

For any Microsoft apps, paid version always much better than free versions.

So
Yes,
You can remove those free versions as you please. No hurts. (i.e. free Office365, free Outlook , , ,)
Only keep and run your paid version (here is Office 2021 Pro and its Outlook)

Berton · Nov 3, 2024

Microsoft 365, at least on my newest Notebook, is more an online or SaaS/Software as a Service program that comes with new computers [my last 2 Notebooks]. Mail is becoming Outlook as is Windows Live, Outlook.com and Hotmail.

I've been getting away from Microsoft Office lately. I originally started with WordPerfect for Windows 5.1 back in '92 {still keep a version on computers] then had to start learning Microsoft Office in the late '90s. The one thing Microsoft seems to have discontinued is Publisher but I got acquainted with Serif PagePlus which now is Affinity and also use Arts & Letters Graphics Editor from a few years ago.

Helmut · Nov 4, 2024

"Mail and Calendar" is morphing in to "New Outlook" late 2024, these are Mail client apps part of Windows 11, not part of MS Office as such.

The other 3 would be components of MS Office 2021 Professional Plus.

You can also access each separate Email account with your Web Browser that includes Outlook Email.

Microsofts confusing naming is par for the course, unfortunately.

MisterEd · Nov 4, 2024

Starting this year Microsoft confused things by stating that the Microsoft 365 family includes Microsoft 365 (subscription), Microsoft Office 2021 (perpetual) and Microsoft Office 2024 (perpetual).

In Installed apps

Mail and Calendar

In Start menu

Mail (aka new Outlook)

Note while running the new Outlook you can launch the free online in browser versions of Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, or Word.

In Installed apps

Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2021 - en-us

In Start menu

Access 2021
Excel 2021
OneNote 2021
Outlook 2021 (aka classic Outlook)
PowerPoint 2021
Publisher 2021
Word 2021

Madrona · Nov 5, 2024

Ok, I think I understand.

So Mail and Calendar are merging into New Outlook, which will be a separate native desktop Windows app apart from any Office program. The New Outlook will connect to the existing online web based Outlook.com? (at least it did when I opened it)

MisterEd · Nov 5, 2024

Outlook 2021. Note at the top right there is an option to switch to the New Outlook interface.

New Outlook. Note at the lower left there are buttons to launch the free browser versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint or OneNote.

antspants · Nov 5, 2024

Madrona said:
Ok, I think I understand.

So Mail and Calendar are merging into New Outlook, which will be a separate native desktop Windows app apart from any Office program. The New Outlook will connect to the existing online web based Outlook.com? (at least it did when I opened it)

So if you have Office 2021 installed, what email program do you want to use? If you want to use what you paid for (Outlook 2021 in Office 2021) then uninstall the others

Open your start menu/all
Scroll down until you find Mail. (Or Mail and Calendar or whatever it’s called)
Right click on it, select uninstall

Still in your start menu/all
Scroll down until you see Outlook (New)
Right click on it, uninstall.

PenPusher · Nov 6, 2024

I had the "New Outlook" app for about 10 mins on my PC... /started getting targeted Adverts displayed alongside my mail. Was only using to view Gmail.
So out it went!! I Just use Office 2019 Outlook for my domain email and use Google chrome for my Gmail's. No more adverts!.

MisterEd · Nov 6, 2024

PenPusher said:
I had the "New Outlook" app for about 10 mins on my PC... /started getting targeted Adverts displayed alongside my mail. Was only using to view Gmail.
So out it went!! I Just use Office 2019 Outlook for my domain email and use Google chrome for my Gmail's. No more adverts!.

Where were you seeing the adverts? I don't see any.

BTW, I only use Outlook to view my two Outlook.com email accounts. I use Chrome to view my two Gmail accounts.

PenPusher · Nov 6, 2024

Sample gripes .. this is just one thread,

https://www.reddit.com/r/Outlook/comments/1amst8h/outlook_new_has_ads_in_inbox_why

Madrona · Nov 6, 2024

antspants said:
So if you have Office 2021 installed, what email program do you want to use? If you want to use what you paid for (Outlook 2021 in Office 2021) then uninstall the others

Open your start menu/all
Scroll down until you find Mail. (Or Mail and Calendar or whatever it’s called)
Right click on it, select uninstall

Still in your start menu/all
Scroll down until you see Outlook (New)
Right click on it, uninstall.

Haven't decided yet. I clicked on the New Outlook and it synced to my Outlook.com account. I agreed, and so we'll se what it's like. I can always delete it.

All this Microsoft duplication and confusion nonsense makes me want to go to Mac, but I can't afford to.

BruceR · Nov 6, 2024

MisterEd said:
Starting this year Microsoft confused things by stating that the Microsoft 365 family includes Microsoft 365 (subscription), Microsoft Office 2021 (perpetual) and Microsoft Office 2024 (perpetual).

Where?

Madrona · Nov 15, 2024

I'm getting ads too in the New Outlook. When you click on them looking for somewhere to unsubscribe, it takes you directly to their website and I can't find anywhere to unsubscribe.

e.g. Capital One credit cards.

So I've been just deleting them as they come into my inbox.

antspants · Nov 15, 2024

Madrona said:
I'm getting ads too in the New Outlook. When you click on them looking for somewhere to unsubscribe, it takes you directly to their website and I can't find anywhere to unsubscribe.

e.g. Capital One credit cards.

So I've been just deleting them as they come into my inbox.

Cant unsubscribe, it’s the price of using the Outlook (New) app with an Outlook account.
If you’re paying for Microsoft 365, use Outlook Classic in that. You shouldn’t get those ads.

Madrona · Nov 15, 2024

antspants said:
Cant unsubscribe, it’s the price of using the Outlook (New) app with an Outlook account.
If you’re paying for Microsoft 365, use Outlook Classic in that. You shouldn’t get those ads.

Thanks. yeah, I noticed there are lots of complaints about it: Redirecting

I will probably go back to the original Outlook.com

Outlook classic is the desktop client.

BruceR · Nov 18, 2024

antspants said:
Cant unsubscribe, it’s the price of using the Outlook (New) app with an Outlook account.
If you’re paying for Microsoft 365, use Outlook Classic in that. You shouldn’t get those ads.

You don't get ads in New Outlook either, from an Outlook.com account, if you're paying for Microsoft 365:

Will the new Outlook for Windows have ads?
As is the case for all Outlook experiences today, paid customers won’t receive ads when signed into Outlook. These include customers using Outlook with a Microsoft 365 account provided by their company, school, or organization, or those who have a Microsoft 365 Basic, Personal, or Family subscription.

The new Outlook for Windows also provides a free, ad-supported version for customers who don’t have a paid subscription. If you use a free email service such as Outlook.com, Hotmail, or Gmail without a Microsoft 365 subscription, you’ll see ads in the new Outlook for Windows.

If you prefer not to see ads, you may purchase a Microsoft 365 subscription to remove any advertising served by Microsoft.

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