Microsoft Word: Remove Email Toolbar

There was a giant email toolbar that appeared in my instance of Microsoft Word 2002 (correction: Microsoft Word 2003), and turning off all of the toolbars would not remove it.

It’s not immediately obvious how to do it. I searched Google, but there were no good answers on the first page of results. Luckily, it also showed on Groups results, where I found my answer: “Click the E-Mail button on the Standard toolbar to turn it off.”

Here’s a screenshot:
email-toolbar.png

Click that E-mail button, and it’ll disappear. It’s a really stupid design, since it’s inconsistent with the other toolbars. And although it has a “move” draggable area on the left, you can’t actually pull it off and reposition it somewhere else on your screen. It’s pretty much stuck there.

Hope this helps someone.

54 Responses to “Microsoft Word: Remove Email Toolbar”

  1. Christy says:

    THANK YOU FOR THIS TIP! I accidentally turned this on and have spent the past 15 minutes trying to figure out how to get rid of the damn thing.

  2. jane says:

    thank you. thank you. thank you.

  3. Michael says:

    such a little post, and such a big impact :-) Thanks for helping me solve that problem in 5 minutes!
    greets

  4. Yishai says:

    Thanks.

    Really stupud!

  5. B says:

    Too simple! Thanks been trying to figure out how to turn that off for some time now.

  6. Darrel says:

    THANK YOU! I just spent 10 minutes trying to figure out the same thing!

  7. jmh says:

    Thank you so much!

  8. Bala says:

    thanks a lot

  9. Paddy says:

    Thanks for that mate! It was wrecking my head.

  10. CyberMonkey says:

    Jesus Christ, I had this problem a couple of years ago and remembered searching for the solution for quite some time, but not the solution itself, which is just pressing the damn button again. Luckily you saved me ten minutes of searching with this one.
    It’s indeed completely unlogical.

  11. Big Jeff says:

    Thanks, was tearing my hair out thinking how to get rid of it. Great Tip!

  12. Mike says:

    Thanks! F*@king Microsoft!!!

  13. Will says:

    Oh my god finally! I’ve been trying to get rid of that thing for so long. Thanks so much!

  14. Susan says:

    [weeping] Thank you ! ! !

  15. Mac says:

    Many thanks, I accidently switched this on and could not turn it off.

  16. Dido Twite says:

    Thank you!

  17. manasa says:

    great me too searched for this some much .thanks for posting this
    Thanks a lot

  18. :) says:

    Thank you so much! :D

  19. Ray says:

    what an irritant thanks for such a quick and easy fix

  20. Ethan says:

    I use MS Word 2000 and have removed toolbar commands not frequently used, including the “E-mail” command. Further obfuscating the solution, I have NEVER had any E-mail toolbar commands in the toolbar. There are at least three E-mail options with nearly identical icons in different locations of the Customize setup.

    I have effective screen shots but do not know how to send them to you.

    Consistent with MS insane setups, note the command description is identified DIFFERENTLYin the toolbar commands of a Word doc. versus the Customize dialog set-up box:

    The description is “E-Mail” once placed in the toolbar commands of a Word doc.

    The description is “Mail Recipient,” in the Customize dialog box setup.

    Customize dialog box > “File” (under Categories:) > Mail Recipient” (under Commands:).

    Further insanity: apparently, when using the keyboard shortcut for document saves, “Control S,” an occasional typo occurs; I have no idea what it is. So first I have to install the E-mail command since the keyboard shortcut to undue the command is unknown. You can imagine the frustration!

    Thankyou for your tip. This is one of an infiite no. of problems tormenting me for all the years I have been condemned to using MS product.

  21. Rudyard says:

    Great thanks! Microsoft is an arse.

  22. Crackerwax says:

    Thanks!

    Couldn’t work out how to get rid of that at all…

  23. Bob says:

    Ditto, thanks much. I must have clicked the email button accidentally — this is too weird.

  24. Pete says:

    Just like Microsoft…click the “Start” button to “Shut Down” your computer. Arses indeed.

    Excellent help thanx Elliot. PL

  25. Kris says:

    Thank you!
    I thought I was going out of my mind!

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