Key points
- Customize Outlook themes, text size, and layout to personalize your app experience.
- You can adjust sidebar settings and calendar appearance on desktop versions of Outlook.
- You can easily switch between the new and classic views in both versions of Outlook.
It's very easy to customize Outlook, although you'll find slight differences between the web and mobile versions. In this guide, I'll show you how to change the view in Outlook and even how to switch back to the classic view in Outlook.
What can you customize in Outlook?
You can customize many aspects of Outlook, such as the theme and text layout. Below you'll find a summary of everything.
1. Topics
Outlook lets you change the look of your app with a variety of themes, including light and dark mode. You can also adjust the display to match your computer's global settings. There are also several color themes, such as dark blue, orange, and green.
You can also choose different image themes, or themed themes like these Pride themes on Outlook for Mac.
2. Text size and page layout
When using Outlook, you can also change the text size. This works a lot like increasing the text size on a Mac (or decreasing it, for that matter). You can also choose from three different density settings:
Each density setting will also adjust the size of the icons that appear on the screen. You can also change the density on your smartphone, but in a different tab.
If you're using Outlook on your desktop, you can customize your sidebar settings. You can choose whether you want to see all of your email account folders and whether you want to allow folder reordering.
When using Outlook on Windows or Mac, you can also select Hide folders on my computer Or disable this setting. You cannot change these settings on your smartphone.
How to Customize the Look of Outlook on Your Desktop
Follow these steps to change the look of Outlook on your computer.
- Go to Outlook Settings. You will see Gear icon On Windows; I'm using a Mac, so the feature is under Outlook > Settings.
- handle general When the pop-up window appears.
- Modify your settings as you see fit. In the example below, I've changed the color theme in Outlook.
You can also customize your Outlook calendar on Windows if you want to fine-tune your Microsoft apps even more.
How to Customize the Look of Outlook on Mobile
Customizing Outlook on your mobile device is also easy, but there are some differences from changing it on your computer. Here are the steps you need to follow:
- Select your profile icon in the upper left corner.
- When the sidebar appears, click Settings icon At the bottom left.
- under Quick SettingsHe chooses Display and appearance.
- Customize the look of your Outlook the way you feel it is necessary. You can change the app icon, colors, etc. in Feature Tab. Meanwhile, density Used to adjust the display of text and images that appear on the screen.
How to go back to old Outlook version
You can change the view in Outlook and return to the classic view on your computer with just a few clicks.
Follow these instructions to achieve the desired result.
- Go to Outlook and select Legacy Overview.
- A pop-up window will then appear. When it appears, click Returns.
- Outlook will close and reopen. As you can see below, my desktop app is now back to the old version of the app.
If you want to return to the new Outlook view, click on Switch next to Legacy OverviewWhen you see the pop-up window, select Switch to Outlook To complete the process. Outlook will then restart again, and you will see the new version again.
Changing the view in Outlook is very easy, regardless of whether you are using the web or mobile version. Despite some differences, you will be able to adjust everything you need in a few minutes. And if you want to switch to an older version of Outlook on your computer, it is easy to do so.