Flagged Emails highlighted in yellow

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Albert

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Windows 11 Pro

MS Office/Outlook: Professional Plus 2019

Microsoft® Outlook® 2019 MSO (Version 2310 Build 16.0.16924.20054) 64-bit

Flagged emails, by default, are highlighted in yellow. I would like to remove this feature/option and do not want any flagged emails highlighted in yellow.

How do I remove this?
 
File > Options > Mail - very bottom - do you have an option for highlight flags?


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If you don't have the option, try editing the registry -

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1. Start typing regedit on the start menu and when the Registry Editor comes up, open it.
2. Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Office > 16.0 > Outlook > Preferences
3. Right click on Preferences on the right side and choose New > DWORD.
4. Paste HighlightFlaggedMessageListItems as the DWORD name, press enter. Off (no yellow) is 0 which is the default value.

If you later decide you want the yellow background, change the value to 1 or delete the entry.
 
Thanks so much Diane.

This worked perfectly

You're the best.
 
Hi Diane, the above work arounds are for Windows systems - not for the MAC I'm running with New Outlook. I have some vision issues and cannot stand the yellow highlight on flagged messages. Is there a way of disabling the yellow highlight or a script to do the same on Outlook for the MAC? Thanks
 
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