Restore pinned folders in Save options in all Office products
Before the most recent branch 16.0.6568.2025 we had the ability to pin frequently used folders we saved document in, in all parts of Office. Since this new version it takes more steps to save files in the places we want them. Many people are upset by this change. Please bring back this ability to pin directories. See othger feedback below.
Harv Blain
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152 comments
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Anonymous
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Agree! Why do we have to ask for something back that worked before. Seems like someone made a mistake. Just add it back with a patch.
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Anonymous
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Totally agree
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anon666
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yup, agree. the new look as well as virtually all the 'updated' functionality of windows 2016 / 365 totally blows! for what I do it's not an improvement but rather a deterrent to productivity!
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Anonymous
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Must add my request to bring back this feature. Until my company upgraded, I used this every hour or two.
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Anonymous
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Why every time Office invented somethinbg good and helpful it disappear with the next upgrade...??? I really don't get it... It look like they have never really worked on the daily basis using basic office products like Excel or Word!
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Anonymous
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I also need this option. Your post shows this has been "under review" for almost a year. What is the hold up. Please restore this option.
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Carolee
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Need to pin folders in Excel too, not just files!
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maheim
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we need this.
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Anonymous
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Agreed. I hope I understand correctly the concern - in Outlook 2016 we cannot pin a frequently used document and have it stay more than a day. The next day my pinned docs are gone. I've called our help desk and they are investigating as well. If this is not the case and there is a way to permanently pin a document (both excel and Word) I'd like to know. Thanks!
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Anonymous
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I absolutely agree with this. It was a great feature.
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Carol Hacmac
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This was so helpful and now it is so hard to find the frequently used folders. Please put it back and soon!
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Anonymous
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Please restore this feature. It was really useful and the extra clicks I have to use each day is running in to the hundreds!
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Anon7
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Simple solution == use LibreOffice
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Jana
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Please, restore it, as it is really crazy to make anything more difficult than in previous versions. Sorry, but I dont get it...
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Darla Wanningen
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Please restore the feature to pin folder and list Recent folders. This removal is making office harder to use effectively.
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Anonymous
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Bring back pinned folder feature. I use the same 10 files over and over...BUT...if I happen to open a lot of folders in between, I lose them in the "Recent folders". Bring back the pinned feature..especially in Excel.
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Scott Martin
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I had no idea that buying an Office 365 subscription would actually make it harder to use Office.
Please restore this feature.
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Carolyn
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Totally counter-intuitive and infuriating to remove such a useful and time saving feature.
Microsoft seem hell bent on railroading people down their preferred route - saving to the cloud, with blatant disregard for the needs of the actual users. What were they thinking - oh, they weren't!! -
Bernd
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Why? for God's sake did you remove this (and other valuable features)?
This is a clear downgrade of functionality. I hope that I will not find even more crippled features in the other parts of the Office product. This will be a clear indication NOT to use the actual software in the future but rather stay with perhaps 'oldfashioned' but more useful products. -
Candace W
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The ability to pin folders to the Open menu is an extremely user friendly option that saves several clicks. I really hope Microsoft will listen to the voice of actual users and bring this feature back for all Office programs.