How do I remove Microsoft Outlook's Favorite Folders pane?

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If you want to know what happens in the next version of Outlook, then download the beta and install it to a test machine. I'm sure you are aware that Microsoft have made the Office 2007 beta publicly available for anyone to download, so try and - and answer your question in this artice.

I have been running Office 2007 Beta 2 for several weeks now and they have not addressed this so far. I too find it confusing for my users and have tried to disable it. You can also right click on the shortcuts --> choose Navigation Pane Options and uncheck all of the shortcuts you don't want, including all of them. Unchecking all of them does not free up this real estate, but minimize this space as Leo mentions in the article and you should be good to go. This also allows you to reorder the icons if you don't like the order they are in.

How do you restore the favorites folder..specificallly the 'unread mail' folder?

Gordon, in Mail view, scroll down to the bottom of the list where you'll find "Search Folders". The 'Unread Mail' search is in here, just drag it up to the Favorites folder.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

p.s. You have "hear" instead of "near" in the "Use the Google search box" item of the "Before commenting" section below the Comments: box.

To remove farovrite folder just click on FOLDER LIST then use from there why use short cut at bottom for went everything u need is in folder list

Gordon, How do you restore the favorites folder..specificallly the 'unread mail' folder? I can't seem to find the Unread Mails folder in the Search Folder either.

i want to remove the Search Folder. I followed the /cleanfinders switch but when i restart Outlook, Search Folders are still there. They may be Inactive but they still affect my Outlook.

My issue why i want Search Folder to be DISABLED is its affecting my typing. When i type my mail, it takes 5 seconds or longer for the text to appear. But if i delete the 3 Search Folders, my typing is restored. Obviously, the indexing of the Search Folders slows down outlook.

Is there a way to permanently DISABLE Search Folder in MS Outlook?

Go to the bottom left pane where the icons are, click on the pane bar to expand or make it wider so that you can see all of your icons. Then click on Folder List and your favorites should go away.

I have found a way to do away with the Favorites Pane if anyone is interested. Click on the toolbar, usually the one with Outlook Today Icon, Back, Reading Pane Icon, etc., and then Customize. Choose the Web Toolbar to customize, add the Folder List Button to that toolbar mentioned above. When I click that icon off/on the Favorites Pane disappears. Then to get it back I go the GO menu in the main menus at the top of Outlook and then choose Mail. The favorites pane reappears, so there's choice. Anyone find this works? Works for me.

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