How to recover deleted emails in Outlook

When you delete an email in Outlook, it will be moved to the Deleted Items or Junk Email Folder. If you accidentally delete several important emails in Outlook, you can recover them. Follow our steps below to restore deleted emails in Outlook.com.

How to recover deleted emails in Outlook.com

Step 1: Log into your Outlook account.

Step 2: Click Deleted Items or Junk Email.

Step 3:

In the Deleted Items folder: Select the message you want to restore and click Recover.

In the Junk Email folder: Select the message you want to restore and click Not junk.

In some cases, you can even recover permanently deleted emails.

Go to the Deleted Items folder and click Recover deleted items.

A pop-up window that lists items that were recently permanently deleted from your Deleted Items folder. Click the checkbox next to an email that you want to recover and click Recover at the top left.

It will be restored to its original folder. If that folder no longer exists, it will be moved to a specific folder as follows:

• 1. Messages go to Inbox.

  2. Calendar items go to Calendar.

  3. Contacts go to Contacts.

  4. Tasks go to Tasks.