How to sort tasks by priority in Outlook?
Sometimes, Outlook users may be assigned or create tasks marked as important or lower important. Some users will schedule their work and deal with the important tasks first, so they sort all tasks by priority. Here I will introduce several tricks to easily sort tasks by priority in Microsoft Outlook.
Sort tasks by priority with changing view
Sort tasks by priority with changing arrangement pattern
Sort tasks by priority with custom view
Sort tasks by priority with changing view
Itβs quite easy to sort all tasks in a specified folder by priority in Microsoft Outlook 2010 and 2013. You can do it as follows:
Step 1: Shift to the Task view, and click to open a task folder where you will sort by priority.
Step 2: Click "Change View" > "Prioritized" on the "View" tab. See screenshot below:

Note: To reverse the sorting order, you can click the "Reverse Sort" button on the "View" tab in Outlook 2010 and 2013.
Sort tasks by priority with changing arrangement pattern
Actually, you can change the arrangement pattern to sort all tasks in the current folder by priority easily.
Step 1: Shift to the Task view, and click to open a task folder where you will sort by priority.
Step 2: Sort all tasks by priority with:
- In Outlook 2010 and 2013, click "Importance" in the "Arrangement" group on the "View" tab.
- In Outlook 2007, click "View" > "Arrange By" > "Importance".

Note: To reverse the sorting order, please click the "Reverse Sort" button on the "View" tab in Outlook 2010 and 2013.
Sort tasks by priority with custom view
Of course, you can customize the current folderβs view settings and sort all tasks by priority in Microsoft Outlook easily.
Step 1: Shift to the Task view, and click to open a task folder where you will sort by priority.
Step 2: Click the "View Settings" button on the "View" tab.

Note: In Outlook 2007, click "View" > "Current View" > "Customize Current View".
Step 3: In the popping up Advanced View Settings dialog box, click the "Sort" button.

Step 4: In the coming Sort dialog box, click the box below "Sort items by", specify "Priority" from the drop-down list, and check the "Descending" option (or "Ascending" option, depending on your need), then click the "OK" button.

Note: In some task views, the Priority field may not display. If so, a warning dialog box will pop up; just click the "Yes" button.

Step 5: Close the Advanced View Settings dialog box (or Customize View dialog box) by clicking the "OK" button.
Then all tasks in the opened task folder are sorted by the priority at once.
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