Microsoft is in the process of rolling out a new feature called Focused Inbox to Outlook users.
If your version of Outlook was using the Clutter folder to sort out unimportant messages, that feature has been rolled into the new Focused Inbox. Your existing Clutter folder will become a regular folder when your system is updated to the Focused Inbox feature.
The Microsoft Outlook Focused Inbox is designed to organize your inbox automatically. When it is activated, your inbox is divided into two tabs
- Focused tab. Emails sorted into this tab are the most important and require quicker responses.
- Other tab. Other email is sorted into this tab for you to deal with as you get a chance.
I don’t currently have the Focused Inbox feature available on my PC desktop yet. However, it’s available in many Web versions of MS Outlook right now. That includes this free version of Outlook email I’ve got from Outlook.com. Here’s a look at the Focused Inbox with the Focused tab open:
Outlook.com has the Focused Inbox feature available now.
To switch to the Other tab from the Focused tab, simply click on it:
It’s easy to switch Focused Inbox tabs.
As you can see, in this example the Focused tab contains schedule notifications from my Outlook Calendar while the Other tab includes less important routine product announcements. The Focused Inbox feature put these messages in the appropriate folder automatically without me having to decide which message goes where.