Easily Turn on and off Swipe Actions in Mail App (Windows10)

If you have a touchscreen, you can swipe your messages with your finger to perform one of the following specified swipe actions: Set/Clear flag, Mark as read/unread, Archive, Delete, Move, or Move to Junk

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off and change swipe actions in the message list of the Mail app for your account in Windows 10.

Here's How:

1 Open the Mail app.

2 Click/tap on the Settings icon at the bottom left, and click/tap on Message list in the Settings flyout. (see screenshot below)

3 Do step 4 (off) or step 5 (on/change) below for what you would like to do.

4 To Turn Off Swipe Actions

A) In the Message list flyout, turn off Enable swipe actions under Swipe actions. (see screenshot below)

B) Select a specific email account (ex: Outlook) you want to turn off swipe actions for, or check Apply to all accounts if you like.

5 To Turn On Swipe Actions

A) In the Message list flyout, turn on Enable swipe actions under Swipe actions. (see screenshot below)

B) Select a specific email account (ex: Outlook) you want to change or turn on swipe actions for, or check Apply to all accounts if you like.

C) Select the Swipe right / hover action you want in the drop menu.

D) Select the Swipe left / hover action you want in the drop menu.