How to recover deleted Outlook emails without backup
Recovering deleted Outlook emails from Deleted Items folder
Recently deleted Outlook emails can be recovered from the “Deleted Items” folder. Deleted emails and email folders are stored in the “Deleted Items” folder for 30 days. After 30 days, the emails will be permanently deleted from this folder.
Follow these steps to recover deleted Outlook emails from Deleted Items folder:
- Log in to your Outlook account.
- Navigate to the “Deleted Items” folder on the left pane.
- Select the email that you want to restore.
- Click on “Recover” on the menu bar.
How to recover deleted Outlook email folder?
- Recovering a deleted email folder is very similar to recovering deleted emails from the “Deleted Items” folder.
- The deleted folder will appear as a subfolder in the “Deleted Items” folder.
- Navigate to the left pane to the “Deleted Items” folder.
- Click on the drop-down menu next to the folder.
- This will show all the folders that were deleted
- Right-click on the folder you want to recover and select the “move” option.
- Select a folder to which you want to restore or create a subfolder in an existing folder.
- Click on “Move”.
Recovering permanently deleted files from Recoverable Items folder
If an email is permanently deleted from the “Deleted Items” folder, it can be restored from the “Recoverable Items” folder. This second stage recycle bin retains permanently deleted emails in Outlook for 30 days from the day of deletion.
Follow these steps to restore an email that was deleted from the Deleted Items folder:
Navigate to the “Deleted Items” folder on the left pane of the screen. Click on the link “Recover items recently deleted from this folder” – for Outlook desktop – or Click on the button “Recover the deleted items” at the bottom of the screen – for Outlook online.