#How to Move Outlook’s Toolbar From the Side to the Bottom

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Method 1: Use Outlook Settings to Move the Toolbar to the Bottom

Method 2: Use a Registry Editor Tweak to Move Outlook’s Toolbar to the Bottom

Has your Outlook toolbar containing options like Mail and Calendar moved to the app’s left sidebar? Do you want to bring it back to the app’s bottom bar? If so, you have two easy ways to do that, and we’ll show you how on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer. Let’s get started.

The following procedures don’t work if you’ve switched to Outlook’s newer interface. At the time of writing, there’s no way to change the toolbar position in that version of Outlook.

The easiest way to bring your Outlook toolbar to its original position is by changing an option in the app’s settings menu. You toggle an option in settings, and that shifts the toolbar from the left sidebar to the bottom bar.

To do that, in your Outlook app’s top-left corner, click “File.”

From the left sidebar, select “Options.”

On the “Outlook Options” window, in the left sidebar, click “Advanced.” On the right pane, turn off the “Show Apps in Outlook” option.

Save your changes by selecting “OK” at the bottom.

Outlook will display a prompt that says you need to restart the app to bring your changes into effect. Do that by closing and reopening your Outlook app, and your toolbar will sit in the app’s bottom bar. And that’s it.

If you don’t see the option to move the toolbar in your Outlook settings, or that option doesn’t work for you for some reason, use a Windows registry tweak to bring the toolbar to its original location.

You should only use this registry tweak if the above method doesn’t work for you. Making incorrect changes to your registry can render your entire system unusable.

To start the process, launch “Run” by pressing Windows+R. In the open box, type the following and press Enter:

regedit

In Registry Editor, using the options on the left, navigate to the following path:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\ExperimentEcs\Overrides

Once you reach that path, on the right pane, right-click anywhere blank and choose New > String Value. Use the following name for the string:

Microsoft.Office.Outlook.Hub.HubBar

Open the newly-created entry by double-clicking it. In the “Value Data” field, enter “False” and select “OK.”

Close Registry Editor and open Outlook. You’ll find that the app’s toolbar has moved from the left sidebar to the bottom bar.

In the future, if you wish to bring the toolbar back to the left sidebar, either enable the option in Outlook’s settings menu as described above or delete the registry value you created.

Enjoy using Outlook in its default appearance on your computer.

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