One of the worst bits of Usability Design I've come across in a very long time is the 'x' delete message icon in Outlook 2013, which deletes an email message with one click (no confirmation).

It's placed conveniently next to the right-hand scrollbar, and on Numerous occasions when using the scrollbar, you drift a few mm to the left and *accidentally* delete email messages at random.   I'm pretty sure many people will have unwittingly been doing this, but not noticed.

Question is : How do you switch off this feature?  It's not listed in the 'view' as a column you can configure.

Thanks (in advance).

--jim mccumesty

Hi,

As far as I know, the delete button is hard-coded and we cannot hide it through built-in function.

I have received some reports that some users complain that the Quick Delete button is often touched and delete the message mistaken whatever in PC or Surface device.

There is no official update for this so far. Hope it can be improved in next service pack release.

Regards.

Steve Fan
TechNet Community Support