Want to reset the outlook view to its default view layout? It is pretty easy to do. Follow the below steps.
Outlook is a widely used email client that offers a plethora of features suitable for general, power, and organizational users. One of the best features of Outlook is the ability to change the view to suit your requirements. For example, you may want to add additional columns, hide messages based on filters, group messages, etc. Whatever you need, Outlook has an option and it lets you change the view however you want.
After changing the outlook view, you can reset it to the default view quite quickly and easily. This is especially useful if the changed view no longer suits your needs or is cluttered with unnecessary columns and information.
Let’s get started.
Reset outlook view to default
Follow the below steps to restore the outlook view to its default layout:
- Open the Outlook application.
- Click on the “View” option on the top bar.
- Click the “Reset View” button.
- Press the “Yes” button.
- Outlook view is restored to default.
Let us expand on the above steps:
Firstly, launch the Outlook application. If it is pinned to your taskbar, click on it. Otherwise, search for “Outlook” in the Start menu and click on the appropriate result.
Once the Outlook application opens, navigate to the “View” tab on the top ribbon menu. This tab is where you can customize Outlook’s views and other layout options.
Under the view tab, click the “Reset View” button in the “Current View” section.
When prompted for your confirmation, click/tap the “Yes” button.
As soon as you do that, the Outlook view is reset to default.
If you want to manually customize the view, click on the “View Settings” button under the “Current View” section. Next, go through each view setting and modify it to change the Outlook view.
- Columns
- Group By
- Sort
- Filter
- Other Settings
- Conditional Formatting
- Format Columns
Once you change the view however you want, if you don’t like it or if it doesn’t look like the default Outlook view, you can click on the “Reset current view” button at the bottom of the View Settings window.
If you set different views to different folders, you have to reset the view for each folder individually. i.e., open the folder and then click the “Reset View” button in the Current View section of the View tab.
Related Outlook how-to guides:
- How to save Outlook email as PDF
- How to enable dark mode in Outlook
- How to get read receipts in Outlook
- How to open Outlook in safe mode
- How to backup Outlook profile
That is all. It is that simple to reset the outlook view to default.
I hope this simple and easy Outlook how-to guide helped you.
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