cannot categorise appointments in outlook calendar for MacBook

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cannot categorise appointments in outlook calendar for MacBook

Alex5555 5

since yesterday and " some updates" Im not able to categorise different appointments in my calendar. up until today I was able to choose different colours for appointments , which helped me organise my calendar. Since yesterday I can put new appointments in but Im not able to choose different colours for them! if I try to change colour for of my new appointments , it changes all of the. so now all my new appointments are the same colour!

Can to fix this " update"?

Jos Gunsing 0 Reputation points

2025-11-18T16:21:56.7066667+00:00

i have a similar problem since updating outlook 365 to version 16.103; before I could give my agenda items a color; I could categorize them. Now I have only the choice to add or delete categories in general to the category list, or delete the categories of a specific agenda item. Giving the shown categories to an agenda item is not possible/not shown as an option (not even visible as non-clickable option )
Alex5555 5 Reputation points

2025-11-20T12:56:12+00:00

Please fix this problem, it is making my work twice difficult, now that all appointments are the same colour together with email. I'm unable to categorise emails either!!!

I'm actually looking to move to different provider now .

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Jos Gunsing 0 Reputation points

2025-11-18T16:21:56.7066667+00:00

i have a similar problem since updating outlook 365 to version 16.103; before I could give my agenda items a color; I could categorize them. Now I have only the choice to add or delete categories in general to the category list, or delete the categories of a specific agenda item. Giving the shown categories to an agenda item is not possible/not shown as an option (not even visible as non-clickable option )
Alex5555 5 Reputation points

2025-11-20T12:56:12+00:00

Please fix this problem, it is making my work twice difficult, now that all appointments are the same colour together with email. I'm unable to categorise emails either!!!

I'm actually looking to move to different provider now .

Answer 1

It appears that you are experiencing an issue with categorizing appointments in Outlook on your MacBook after a recent update. Unfortunately, the ability to assign color categories to appointments may be affected by certain design limitations in Outlook for Mac.

To resolve this issue, you can try the following steps:

Check for Updates: Ensure that your Outlook application is fully updated. Sometimes, bugs are fixed in subsequent updates.
Restart Outlook: Close and reopen the application to see if the issue persists.
Recreate Appointments: If the problem continues, try deleting the problematic appointments and creating new ones to see if you can assign categories to them.
Contact Support: If none of these steps work, consider reaching out to Microsoft Support for further assistance regarding this specific issue.

If you are still unable to categorize your appointments, it may be a limitation of the current version of Outlook for Mac, as only the original owner of a shared calendar can grant permissions to other users to access the calendar, which might affect how categories are applied.

For more detailed troubleshooting, you may want to refer to the official Microsoft documentation or support resources.

John Parrish 0 Reputation points

2025-11-20T17:47:25.4066667+00:00

I'm experiencing the same problem with my Mac update Version 16.103. The problem I'm experiencing is with the creation of new Appointments and Tasks. I am only offered the options of editing or adding new categories but unable to attached any category to my new appointments & tasks, so all newly added items are automatically given the same light green color code. The solutions noted above suggest deleting existing appointments and recreating a new appointment - which repeats the same problem of eliminating the color code option. Not really helpful. The answer seems to be your stuck with what you have - which is not acceptable if I wish to continue using MSOffice for Macs for scheduling.

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Jos Gunsing 0

The issue has been solved since the latest Outlook 365 update!!! ; I installed it nov 27

Alex5555 5 Reputation points

2025-12-03T09:39:36.2+00:00

Sadly thats not the case , Im still unable to categorise appointments or emails. I think I just gave up and switch to apple all together
Alex5555 5 Reputation points

2025-12-03T09:53:01.7166667+00:00

The problem is still there. Try to put appointment manually and see what happens , then try to do it for 3 different categories ( manually) and everything will the same colour. Update fixed problem with appointments booked via email but not it they are put manually

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