Have you ever accidentally deleted an email that you needed and you didn’t know how to get it back? If you are using Microsoft Outlook 2007, there is a possibility that you can get that email back. Microsoft has a very easy way to see the emails that it can recover from the depths of your email.
Make sure you have Outlook 2007 open. On the main menu click “Tools” and click the “Recover Deleted Items” option.
The Recovery window will open and display all emails that can be recovered. Click on the email(s) that you want to recover and click the “Recover Selected Items” button (it’s the second button in the top menu).
All emails that you have selected will be put back in the original folder that you deleted them from. So if you deleted the item straight from your Inbox, the email will be put back in your Inbox.
thanks! i found my much needed deleted file.
Meg, I’m glad you found that file.
what if the Recover Deleted Items is grayed out?
@ misty – That usually means that Outlook doesn’t have any emails that it can recover. Typically this only happens when temporary files are deleted from your computer.
this option is not listed under my tools menu. could this be because I am not on a Microsoft Exchange server?
@julie – You are exactly right. (I forgot to mention this in the article). You must either be on a Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003, or 2007 server to see this option under Outlook 2007.
Here is what Microsoft has to say about “Recover deleted items” –
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA101835681033.aspx
Wow! It was of gr8 F1
.. cool info .. many thanks
Thanks, it was helpful
There is no such option like Recover deleted mails.
@Tom Davis – Please see my comment above where I replied to Julie
hi there, is there a way to recover deleted emails when not running the server version but just the single user one?
would be jolly helpful
to me, thanks Henri
My Outlook 2007 doesn’t have this option “Recover Deleted Items” under Tools.
What else can I do?
(I deleted an email folder I had created. And then I emptied the Deleted Items Folder. It was too late when I realised…)
Thanks a lot! This hint saved me!
what do i do if the “Recover deleted items” option does not appear on the drop down list
Is there a way to enable the option “Recover deleted items”, in my outlook it was disabled and i need to recover some of my mails which i have deleted accidentally.
hi dear ,
today a big misshape on my side .i work on my computer accidently i delete my mail in outlook 2007 with ctrl+shift+del plz help me
BEST REGARDS
MIAN IMRAN
Thank you Very Much! it worked like a magic!!!
The recover deleted message option is not always there by default. There is a registry setting to enable/disable I just need to find it again.
Thank you very much! It worked..