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When you open Outlook for Mac, you'll notice the Compose (New Message) button and Search bar at the top. On the left sidebar, you'll find your email accounts and other folders. It is impressive how. Support Communities / Mac OS & System Software / Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

The Mail sidebar provides easy access to mailboxes, folders, and flagged items for the email accounts you use in Mail.

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In the Mail app on your Mac, do any of the following:

• Show the sidebar: Choose View > Show Mailbox List, or press Shift-Command-M.

• Resize the sidebar: Drag its separator bar left or right. If you drag it all the way to the left, the sidebar is hidden.

• Hide the sidebar: Choose View > Hide Mailbox List, or press Shift-Command-M.

To change the size of the sidebar icons, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click General, then select a sidebar icon size.

Applies to:Outlook for Mac, Outlook 2019 for Mac

As an IT admin, you may want to provide Outlook for Mac users in your organization with a standard set of preferences in either of the following ways:

• Set a default preference, which users can change.
• Force a particular preference, which users can’t change.

The following preferences can be used to simplify account setup for Office 365 mailboxes, help protect company data, and support a streamlined user experience.

These keys are CFPreferences-compatible, which means that it can be set by using enterprise management software for Mac, such as Jamf Pro.

The following list shows the preferences that are covered in this article:

Mailbox settings

Automatically configure Office 365 mailbox on first launch

The email address used for Office activation will be added on first launch.

Specify Office 365 mailbox to be added on first launch

Set the domain or full email address of Office 365 mailbox to be added on first launch.

Allow only corporate mailboxes to be added

Specify one or more domains users are allowed to add in Outlook.

Hide text about adding non-corporate mailboxes

Hide the “Did you know? Outlook supports…” text in the Set Up Your Email success dialog box.

Import/export settings

Disable import

Prevent users from being able to import archive files (.olm and .pst) and Outlook 2011 for Mac data.

Disable export

Prevent users from being able to export archive files (.olm).

Online meetings settings

Disable Skype for Business online meetings

Prevent users from adding Skype for Business online meeting details to events.

Disable Teams online meetings

Prevent users from adding Teams online meeting details to events.

Weather location settings

Specify default weather location

Set default location for weather in calendar view.

Disable automatic updating of weather location

Prevent users from choosing Update Location Automatically for weather location.

Other settings

Hide local folders

Prevent users from viewing local On My Computer folders in the sidebar.

Specify when pictures are downloaded for email

Set when pictures are automatically downloaded from the internet for email.

Disable signatures

Prevent users from being able to create, edit, and add client-side signatures.

Specify calendar first day of week

Set the first day of week in calendar view.

Enable new Outlook

Set the availability and default position of the New Outlook switch.

Disable 'Encrypt-Only'

Prevent users from applying the Encrypt-Only option to emails when using Microsoft 365 Message Encryption.

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Remove Sidebar Outlook 365

Disable 'Do Not Forward'

Prevent users from applying the Do Not Forward option to emails when using Microsoft 365 Message Encryption.

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