In new Outlook, My Day and Calendar and To Do panes display your upcoming calendar events and tasks anywhere in Outlook, including Mail, Calendar, and People. Similar to the To-Do Bar in classic Outlook, the My Day pane offers different options to customize the view, along with quick access to add a New event and Add a task, wherever you are.

Show calendar events and tasks with My Day in new Outlook

When you select My Day (next to Notifications), you can choose to display the Calendar or To Do tabs.

Note: My Day is cleared at midnight every night. Tasks that appear in My Day are stored in other tasks lists, so they aren't deleted when My Day is cleared.

Open My Day

You can open My Day from anywhere in new Outlook, such as mail, calendar, people, or groups. Select My Day My Day icon at the top of the page.

When you select the My Day icon (next to Notifications), you can display Calendar or To Do panes throughout Outlook.

View upcoming calendar events in the My Day pane

  1. Select My Day  My Day icon to display the Calendar tab and your upcoming events.

  2. Select an event for more details. Select Back to return to the Calendar tab. You can also select View full event in new window to display or change all of the event's details.From the event details in My Day, you can select Back to return to the calendar tab or View full event in new window.

  3. To create a new event, select New event.

  4. To change the day you're viewing, select the date at the top of the panel.​​​​​​​

Change view and display more calendars in Calendar tab

  1. From the Calendar tab in My Day, select Switch views  to switch between agenda view and day view. This is where you can also select additional Calendars to display in the My Day pane.  Select Switch views to display the Agenda view or Day view. Here's where you can also choose which calendars to display.

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View tasks with To Do in the My Day pane

  1. Select My Day  My Day icon to display the Calendar and To Do tabs. If you calendar shows up first, select the To Do tab to view your tasks.

  2. Select  Add a task to create a new task. Enter the task name, press Enter or Return, or select Add.

  3. To mark a task as important, select Mark as important .

  4. To mark a task as complete, select Mark as completed  Mark as completed.

  5. You can reorder your tasks in the My Day pane. Select the dots next to Mark as completed, and then drag the task up or down the list.Select and hold the dots on the task and slide the task up or down the list to reorder.

  6. To edit the details of your tasks, select Open to do or Manage all tasks to open To Do within Outlook.  Open To Do with the Open To Do button on top of the task list.

Tip: To create a calendar event for a task, open your Outlook calendar and drag the task from the To Do pane onto your calendar. When you've got Mail open, you can also drag an email into the To Do pane to create a new task.

Show calendar events and tasks with My Day in Outlook for the web and Outlook.com

When you select My Day (next to Notifications), you can choose to display the Calendar or To Do tabs.

Note: My Day is cleared at midnight every night. Tasks that appear in My Day are stored in other tasks lists, so they aren't deleted when My Day is cleared.

Open My Day

You can open My Day from anywhere in new Outlook, such as mail, calendar, people, or groups. Select My Day My Day icon at the top of the page.

When you select the My Day icon (next to Notifications), you can display Calendar or To Do panes throughout Outlook.

View upcoming calendar events in the My Day pane

  1. Select My Day  My Day icon to display the Calendar tab and your upcoming events.

  2. Select an event for more details. Select Back to return to the Calendar tab. You can also select View full event in new window to display or change all of the event's details.From the event details in My Day, you can select Back to return to the calendar tab or View full event in new window.

  3. To create a new event, select New event.

  4. To change the day you're viewing, select the date at the top of the panel.

Change view and display more calendars in Calendar tab

  1. From the Calendar tab in My Day, select Switch views  to switch between agenda view and day view. This is where you can also select additional Calendars to display in the My Day pane.  Select Switch views to display the Agenda view or Day view. Here's where you can also choose which calendars to display.

View tasks with To Do in the My Day pane

  1. Select My Day  My Day icon to display the Calendar and To Do tabs. If you calendar shows up first, select the To Do tab to view your tasks.

  2. Select  Add a task to create a new task. Enter the task name, press Enter or Return, or select Add.

  3. To mark a task as important, select Mark as important .

  4. To mark a task as complete, select Mark as completed  Mark as completed.

  5. You can reorder your tasks in the My Day pane. Select the dots next to Mark as completed, and then drag the task up or down the list.Select and hold the dots on the task and slide the task up or down the list to reorder.

  6. ​​​​​​​To edit the details of your tasks, select Open to do or Manage all tasks to open To Do within Outlook.  Open To Do with the Open To Do button on top of the task list.

Tip: To create a calendar event for a task, open your Outlook calendar and drag the task from the To Do pane onto your calendar. When you've got Mail open, you can also drag an email into the To Do pane to create a new task.

See also 

Create tasks with To Do in Outlook​​​​​​​

Manage tasks with To Do in Outlook

Drag a task to your calendar with To Do in Outlook

Drag a message to create a task with To Do in Outlook

Create and manage task lists with To Do in Outlook

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