How to recover permanently deleted emails in outlook 2022

Have you accidentally deleted an important email from your Outlook and worried about that?

Well, it happens to everyone once in a while when they mistakenly delete an email or item by soft-delete. But, Outlook is generous enough to give us an option to recover our deleted emails.

Sometimes, people delete an email permanently by pressing the SHIFT + Delete button without knowing the importance. They get panicked when they don’t find any option to recover them. If this has also happened to you, you are in the right place.

This article will explain the procedures to recover deleted emails on every platform.

Without wasting any time, let’s begin.

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How to Recover Deleted Emails in Outlook for Windows

By moving the emails from the Deleted Items or Trash folder, you can recover the deleted emails in Outlook for Windows. Also, you can move the deleted emails to another folder to find the deleted items easily. Allow me to guide you with the recovery process in the steps below.

Here are the procedures to recover deleted emails in Outlook for Windows:

Your emails are recovered and moved to the selected folder. Go to the folder to find the deleted emails.

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How to Recover Deleted Emails in Outlook Web App

Outlook Web App (OWA), also known as Outlook on the web, offers to recover your deleted email from the Deleted Items folder. You can simply Restore or Move the emails to a preferred folder or create a new folder for organizing the deleted emails in the same place.

The email recovery process in Outlook Web App is pretty easy to do. Consider following the steps to restore your email in no time.

Here are the steps to recover deleted email in Outlook web:

• Visit Outlook web.
• Login with your account.
• Click on Deleted Items from the left pane.
• Find the email in the Deleted Items folder.
• Right-click on the email.
• Click on Restore to recover the email.
  
• Press on Move if you want to recover and move to another folder.
• Select Move to a different folder and choose the folder name.

Note: The deleted emails stay in the Deleted Items folder for 30 days. Make sure to restore your emails before the time ends.

Restoring the email sends your message to the folder from where it was deleted. You can also create a new folder and move the emails to the created folder.

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How to Recover Deleted Emails in Outlook Android

Outlook Android application is convenient and easy to use. The deleted email stays in the Deleted folder. You can recover the emails by restoring the conversation.

The applications offer fundamental but useful features. Find the procedures to recover your deleted emails in Outlook Android from the steps below.

Here is the process to recover deleted emails in Outlook Android:

• Open your Outlook apps on Android.
• Sign in with your account.
• Tap on your Account from the top left corner.
• Go to the Deleted folder.
• Search for the email you want to recover.
• Tap and hold on to the email.
• Click on the three vertical dots ( ⋮ ) button from the top right corner.
• Press on the Restore conversation to recover the email.
  

If you want to move the deleted email to another folder, click the Move to folder button and select the preferred folder.

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How To Recover Permanently Deleted Emails on Outlook

Permanently deleted emails are difficult to restore. But, you can restore your deleted emails from the Recover Deleted Items option in Outlook for Windows.

You don’t need to worry if you’ve deleted an email permanently by mistake. Follow the steps carefully to recover your permanently deleted emails.

Note: Ensure you are online and connected to your mail server to see the deleted items.

Here are the ways to recover permanently deleted emails on Outlook:

Note: If you see the Trash folder instead of Deleted Items folder, your account doesn’t support recovering a permanently deleted email.

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How to Recover Deleted Emails from Outlook After 30 Days

Outlook Web Apps provides support for 30 days to recover your deleted email. The email doesn’t delete immediately after the period. Read the following procedures to discover ways to recover the emails after 30 days.

Here are the steps to recover deleted emails from Outlook after 30 days:

Note: The emails stay for 14 days in Recover items deleted from this folder. After that, Outlook will permanently delete the emails from the server.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are deleted emails in Outlook gone forever?

No, if you delete an email, it goes to the Deleted Items or Trash folder. You can recover or restore your email from there.

How many days do the deleted emails stay in the Deleted Items or Trash folder?

The deleted emails and items stay for 30 days in the Deleted Items or Trash folder.

Where do deleted email items go?

If your account is under a mailbox server, they go to the Deleted Items folder. Otherwise, they are permanently deleted from the Deleted Items or Trash folder.

Conclusions

The recovering email option is a lifesaver, especially for the business and company. You don’t need to worry about anything when an email gets deleted in Outlook.

Every email stays for some days in the deleted items folder. But, the problem appears when people don’t know the correct procedures to recover them in time.

In this article, I’ve provided all the information and procedures to recover your deleted emails, and I hope you are getting benefited.

Cheers!