Outlook: Automatic Draft Minimize Beta
Data as of 2 hours ago (9 September 2026)
Status Rolling out
Release month September 2025
Overdue
Release ring General Availability
Products Outlook
Cloud instances DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide
Platforms AndroidiOS
Description
When users close a draft in progress, it automatically minimizes instead of closing completely. The minimized draft can now be quickly accessed via a button that appears in the message list.
Change history
Added to the roadmap 20 August 2025. Tracked here since 1 September 2026. Earliest target we recorded: September 2025 (since tracked — Microsoft may have moved it before we started watching).
Nothing has changed on this item since tracking began on 1 September 2026. Changes appear here as Microsoft updates the feed.