Turn Off the Reading Pane in Outlook

This article teaches you how to remove the message preview window (called the Reading Pane) from Outlook 2016.

10 Second Summary

1. Open Outlook.
2. Click View.
3. Click Reading Pane.
4. Click Off.

Steps

1. Open Outlook. You’ll find it in your Windows menu. Click the Windows logo at the bottom-left corner of the screen, expand the Microsoft Office menu, then select Outlook.
2. Click the View menu. It’s at the top of the screen.
3. Click Reading Pane. It’s in the panel at the top of Outlook, near the center. It has an icon that looks like a tiny version of Outlook.
4. Click Off. It’s the third option in the menu. The list of messages should now extend all the way to the right side of the screen.
   • Double-click a message in your inbox to read it.

See also

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• Configure Outlook Express
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• Organize and Cleanup Outlook Express Address Book
• Add a Contact in Microsoft Office
• Mark Messages As Read when Clicked on Outlook
• Change the Reply to Address in Outlook
• Delete an Email Address from Autocomplete on Outlook
• Fix Outlook Error 0x800ccc0b While Sending of Email
• Change Microsoft Outlook Password

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