Office 365 - Outlook - Focused Inbox

Turning focused Inbox on/off in Outlook 365

With O365 the view options default to trying out the Focus view, if you are wanting to change the default follow these steps to get a different view. 

Outlook Local install (Outlook on your computer):

  1. With your locally installed Outlook 365 open, navigate to the top toolbar, and click on the view tab.
  2. Next click on "Show focused inbox" to toggle the feature on/off.
  3. Directly above your emails, you will see two choices, depending on if you are turning focused inbox on/off, these will change.

    - ON: Focused | Other
    - OFF: All | Unread

Outlook_Local.png

 

Outlook on the web:

  1. Click on the Settings cogwheel in the upper right corner of the page. This will open a window pane on the right side of your screen.
    Outlook_Web_-_settings.png
  2. Click on "View all Outlook settings" at the bottom of the pane.
  3. Confirm you are in the "Mail" tab and "Layout" category.
  4. In the "Focused Inbox" section, select the line that says "Don't sort my messages"
    Outlook_Web_-_tabs.png
  5. Click save at the bottom.

 

You have successfully turned off your Focused Inbox!

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