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Is there a way to turn on "right click" spellcheck in the new Outlook?

Miller, Curtis 10 Reputation points
2025-11-17T15:02:08.3766667+00:00

This is the single most frustrating thing about the new update. I am all for new features, but to force someone to change a habit that every software (including all MS products except this one) supports, make the UI very frustrating. This one, little feature has prevented me from switching, because I don't want to type an email and have to think about which button to press to open up the spelling menu. I understand making changes, but this one little thing, is a huge mess to productivity. Is there anyway revert back to the right click spellcheck? I will not make the change to the new outlook until the change is made. It makes that much of a difference. You'd think a small change wouldn't make that much of a difference, but it does. I cannot stand to work in the new outlook due to this one little change. Is there a fix?

Outlook | Windows | New Outlook for Windows | For education
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  1. Hani-N 5,515 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-11-17T17:13:51.5933333+00:00

    Hi @Miller, Curtis 

    Thank you for posting on Microsoft Q&A forum. 

    It appears the new Outlook experience has introduced changes to how spellcheck works, and I truly apologize for the disruption this has brought to your workflow. The traditional right-click spellcheck menu is no longer available because the new Outlook uses Microsoft Editor for spelling and grammar suggestions. 

    Currently, there isn’t an option to revert to the old right-click behavior within the new Outlook. However, you do have a couple of choices: 

    1/ Enable Microsoft editor for spellcheck 

    • Go to Settings > Navigate to General tab 
    • Choose Privacy and Data > Select Privacy Settings. 
    • Enable Turn on optional connected experiences to allow Editor to provide suggestions when you click on a misspelled word. 

    2/ Switch back to Classic Outlook 

    You can consider switch back to Classic Outlook (if available)   

    If you're using Windows and still have access to the classic Outlook, you can toggle back:   

    • Look for the “New Outlook” toggle at the top-right corner of the Outlook window.   
    • Turn it off to revert to the classic version.    User's image
    • If prompted with feedback, scroll down and click “Skip Feedback”.   
    • Outlook will restart in classic mode.    User's image
    • If the toggle is missing, you can find under the Help tab and selecting Go to classic Outlook    User's image

    As community moderators, we unfortunately do not have the ability to directly modify or disable features within Word. However, we strongly encourage you to submit your feedback directly through Microsoft Feedback Portal. This ensures that your concerns are seen by the engineering team, who can evaluate and improve the process to avoid causing further inconvenience to users.      

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    We truly appreciate your feature suggestion for better experience. We’ll continue to monitor feedback and share updates as they become available.     

    We sincerely apologize once again for the inconvenience you’ve experienced, and we truly appreciate your continued support and engagement with Microsoft.      

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