

The blue subject matches with the new "house color" of Outlook 2013, but if you do not like this and prefer it being black again or another color, changing it is easy enough. The color of the bar can be customized in the same way that you can change the color of the subject. Special icons for reply, forward, Out of Office replies, Meeting invitations, etc… are still being displayed on the right side above the time/date of the received message.

Instead, you now have a blue bar indicating whether or not you've read a message. This is a thing which can't be changed back to the way it was in Outlook 2010 The read/unread envelope is gone. Blue Bar instead of read/unread envelope icon Note: The interface remained largely the same in Outlook 2016 so you can also use this guide to give Outlook 2016 a more “classic” look and feel. Especially when you are on a smaller screen, this will allow you to claim back some vertical viewing space and see more messages in the message list. For another part, the changes were to account for touch based devices as well without the need for 2 separate interfaces.įor the large part, you can switch it back to the way it looked in Outlook 2010. In part, the changes were to clean up the interface.

The Message List indeed got quite the overhaul in Outlook 2013 and, depending on your account type and how you upgraded to Outlook 2013, some of your view settings will be changed as well. How can I set it back to the way it was in Outlook 2010? I don't find this new configuration very clear and, due to some other UI changes as well, I now see 4-6 messages less in my message list than I did in Outlook 2010.
