How To Disable Reading Pane In Microsoft Outlook.com

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This tutorial explains how to disable reading pane in Microsoft Outlook.com. By default, when you click on an email in Outlook.com (or Outlook on the web), it opens in the right pane or section. The left section shows the list of emails available in Inbox, Sent, or other selected label, and right section shows the content of the selected email. If you don’t like this default setting in Outlook.com, then you can simply disable reading pane or preview pane in Microsoft Outlook.com. After that, the main interface will show the list of emails. And when you will click on an email, it will open that particular email. The list of emails will be hidden so you will have more space to read the email content.

To disable reading pane in Outlook.com, you need to access Settings of Outlook.com. This feature works for both stable Outlook.com and new Outlook.com (beta). I have covered steps to disable reading pane for stable Outlook.com and Outlook.com beta separately.

reading pane is visible

Above you can see that reading mode or preview pane is turned on by default. On the left section, the list of emails is visible, and the right section is showing the content of the selected email.

Now have a look at the screenshot below. As you can see, it is only showing the list of emails. That means reading pane is disabled.

reading pane is hidden

How To Disable Reading Pane In Microsoft Outlook.com (Older or Stable Version)?

Step 1: It’s a very basic step. You need to login to your Outlook account.

Step 2: Click on the “Settings” button and then select “Options“. This will open Options page of your Outlook.com account.

click settings and then options

Step 3: In Options page, explore Mail menu and scroll down. You will find “Reading pane” option under Layout category. Select that option.

click reading pane option

Step 4: In Reading Pane, you will see “Hide reading pane” option. Select that option and Save it.

click hide reading pane option and save

That’s it! Now you will notice that reading pane is not visible anymore. There will be a list of emails and selecting an email will show its content on the interface of Outlook.com.

Step 5: To show reading pane again in Outlook.com, you can repeat the above steps and then select “Show reading pane at right” or “Show reading pane at bottom” option.

How To Turn Off Reading Pane In Microsoft Outlook.com Beta?

If you have opted to try Outlook.com beta and want to disable or turn off reading pane, then this section will help you.

Step 1: First step is same. You need to login to your Outlook.com account.

Step 2: Click “Settings” button.

click settings button

Step 3: Settings pop-up will open where you will see “Inbox layout” section. That section provides “Hide reading pane” option. Select that option.

select hide reading pane option

That’s it! Changes are saved automatically and the reading pane will hide in your Outlook.com account.

To show reading pane again, you can repeat step 1 to step 3 and this time you need to select “Show reading pane” option. This will bring back email reading pane in your Outlook.com account again.

Other interesting tutorials for you: Auto Unsubscribe from Emails In Gmail and Outlook To Clean Your Inbox and How To Change Theme In Outlook.com.

The Conclusion:

Reading pane for emails in Outlook.com is a good feature. You don’t have to use the back button to go to the list of emails and read another email, again and again. Reading pane helps to access an email without leaving the list of emails. However, there are many users which find this feature annoying and want to disable reading pane in Microsoft Outlook.com. For both the cases, this tutorial is definitely helpful. You may give it a try.

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Justin2017-10-05

You are correct.
That choice limits you to mail you have approved.
I want ALL mail unless I disapprove and call it Junk.
New story…
I left the filter as Standard but looking at Laxman’s screenshot above I noticed the Share reports box.
I changed that option to Don’t tell senders anything…(second choice)
My thinking being keep MS out of the equation if possible ?
A couple of hours ago the email from Free Kindle ebooks came in to two accounts. Both landed in my Inbox where they were supposed to go.
My heart jumped… success ! The Share reports change worked.
I then went into the Junk box to check there. No email from Free Kindle ebooks, it had gone to the Inbox it was addressed to, BUT, an email from Tabbles, announcing an upgrade or something, was in the Junk box.
Had the Share reporting change worked that too should have gone to my Inbox.
That leaves me no smarter than I was last week ! ? ?
The Free Kindle ebooks lists come in daily and with two accounts I can change options one acct. at a time and compare, but I think MS will have to change the algorithums on those filters to solve the problem.
The system they are using reminds me of the old military “exception system”.
We have 1000 men assigned but three are in the hospital. We report 997 present for duty.
Problem: Nobody counted nothing nor anybody and there are 12 men in jail following a brawl in town last night. We don’t have 997 men for duty ! We have 1000 assigned, 12 in jail, 3 in the hospital, leaving 985 and nobody knows where in hell they are ???
That system doesn’t work.
Thanks but the problem persists.

Hey Justin… Laxman mentioned to put “Exclusive” filter on Junk mail. My understanding is that would put only selected email addresses in junk. I don’t have Outlook handy, so I might be wrong, though. Try it out.

Justin2017-10-05

Laxman, I think that selecting “Exclusive” will only exacerbate my problem. I don’t want a list of email from “exclusive senders” sent to my inbox, I want “ALL” mail sent to my inbox with the exception of senders I’ve blocked.
MS is assuming they know more about my mail than I do!
In the section “Choose a junk email filter” the “Standard” selection sends most junk email to the junk email folder. In my case, they included email from my garbage company, NOREPLY@garbageco.???, in the category “most junk email” and I ended up paying a late charge because the bill was in my junk box.
Microsoft has no right to call my bill from the garbage company “junk”.
I remember finding email with the NoReply in the addy in the junk box in the past so maybe MS considers anything with NoReply in the addy as junk ??
I frequently subscribe to newsletters, lists, etc. that under the present filter system MS can arbitrarily declare as Junk. They don’t have the right to do that !!!
Another word, “Free” , seems to hit a nerve with MS. I have two lists, “Free Kindle ebooks”, that go into the junk box on a daily basis.
If MS considers anything free as junk I may have to take another look at Win10…
I got that FREE!!!
another thought…
Just below the filter selection section is a section called Share reports…
I just took MS out of the equation there. Don’t tell nobody nothing !!!
Just send all my mail to my inbox.
Thanks again, Laxman

Laxman Singh2017-10-05

You may also check this link which contains multiple solutions to the same problem.
https:answers.microsoft.comen-usoutlook_comforumoemail-osendemails-are-going-to-junk-folder-not-inbox-in7b04577f-6286-4243-8133-13400d725e88

Laxman Singh2017-10-05

@disqus_RoKkqb6iQ6:disqus
Try to change filter level to ‘Exclusive’ for junk emails if you haven’t done it already.
Options > Mail > Junk email > Filters and reporting > Select the filter level > Exclusive.
I will try to find some other way if this doesn’t work 😃

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Justin2017-10-04

Great information, Laxman, but I’m having a far greater problem than the reading pane! My problem has been reported in other places too.
Some of my email continues to go into the Junk folder, even after reporting it as NOT Junk many times.
Microsoft thinks it’s better qualified to determine which of my mail is junk than I am. Twice this summer I had to pay a late fee on a utility bill because the bill went into Junk mail and I didn’t catch it.
This same problem was discussed in Win10forums and I have tried every suggestion they came up with, all to no avail !!!
From Mail in Win10, you have to open outlook.com web page and log in to your account to mark email as NOT junk. That has now become another hassle to get to your account…and another story.
With your knowledge of Outlook.com mail perhaps you could find a solution (that works !!)
I sure would like to make my own choice on what’s Junk and what’s not !
Thanks

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