How to Recover Deleted Emails in Outlook

This wikiHow teaches you how to restore deleted email messages in Microsoft Outlook for Windows.

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    Open Microsoft Outlook. You’ll usually find it under Microsoft Office in the All Apps area of the Start menu.
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    Click Trash. It’s in the left column. The contents of the trash folder will open in the middle column.
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    Right-click the message you want to recover.
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    Click Move.
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    Click Other Folder.
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    Select the destination folder. This is the folder where you’ll be restoring the message. If you want the message to re-appear in your primary inbox, select Inbox.
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    Click OK. The deleted email will now be restored to the selected location.
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Nicole Levine, MFA
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This article was written by Nicole Levine, MFA. Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 2,174 times.
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Updated: October 25, 2021
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Categories: Outlook | Recovering Emails
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1. Open Outlook.
2. Click Trash.
3. Right-click the message.
4. Click Move.
5. Click Other Folder.
6. Select a folder.
7. Click OK.

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