How to Recover Lost Emails in Outlook?


Updated on March 06, 2020

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Recover Lost Emails in Outlook

The worst thing that can happen to any Outlook user is that losing all his/her emails and not being able to recover them back. Often, we accidentally clear our inbox in order to get rid of the Junk emails. In the meanwhile we endup in losing all our important emails along with the junk mails. Sometimes, we lose all our emails, and other Outlook data due to the corruption in the PST file. When the PST file is corrupt, we lose access to our Outlook data. But luckily, if you have lost some emails in Outlook either accidentally or intentionally, you can recover them back with Remo Outlook PST Repair, a professional tool to repair corrupt or damaged PST file and recover deleted or lost emails, contacts, notes, tasks, RSS Feeds, and other Outlook items.

Before going on how to recover lost emails in Outlook, let's have a look at the scenarios that result in loss or deletion of emails and other items from Outlook PST file –

  • Due to sharing of the Outlook PST file over open network may lead to the corruption of the PST file that inturn results in the loss of emails, and other Outlook items.
  • When the size of the PST file reached its maximum limits and you still try to store any new mail then there is high risk of email loss situation from Microsoft Outlook.
  • Virus infection may also tend to data loss situations in Microsoft Outlook application.
  • If there is any interruption while compacting emails like power failure or sudden termination of application then there are possibilities for data loss situations.

If you have come across any of these scenarios, first try to repair a corrupt PST file, and recover your lost emails with the inbox repair tool, scanPST.exe that comes by default with MS Outlook application. Most of the times, this inbox repair tool fixes the issues in the PST file, and recovers your emails back. But, it has some limitations, and can't be able to fix the issues in the PST file and recover your emails from PST file more than 2 GB. In such instances, you need to rely on this professional tool, Remo Outlook PST Repair to repair corrupt PST file, and recover lost items.

Why Remo Repair Outlook (PST) is the appropriate tool to retrieve lost emails in Outlook?

Remo Repair Outlook (PST) utility is highly recommended tool by industry experts, which will repair corrupt PST files hassle free. Along with repairing it has tendency to recover all deleted or lost emails, contacts, settings, journals and so on. It is designed is very simple manner so that anyone can make use of it without any professional help. This software works well on PST files created on all versions of Microsoft Outlook. Apart from this, it provides professional support to users to solve their quires regarding Remo Repair products.

 

 
 

Procedure to recover lost emails in Outlook:

Step 1: Download Remo Repair application and install the same to your Windows computer. Open the application and start the repair process. You’ll find three options from the main screen. Make use of “Open PST File” option to select your corrupt PST file, if you know its exact location (or) Click on “Find PST File” option to search for your corrupt Outlook 2010 PST file (or) Press “Select Outlook Profile” option to choose your PST file, if you have multiple accounts.

Lost Some Emails in Outlook - Main Screen

Figure A: Main Screen

Step 2: Select the appropriate scanning technique. Browse for the destination location and click on “Repair” button to initiate the repair process.

Recover Lost emails in Outlook - Choose Scanning Method

Figure B: Choose Scanning Method

Step 3: After repair completion, you will be able to view the repaired Outlook file along with other elements.

Recovering Lost emails in Outlook - Repaired PST File

Figure C: Repaired PST File

 
 

Salient features of Remo Outlook PST Repair:

  • It has the ability in recovering lost emails in Outlook swiftly
  • Oversized PST file can be repaired easily
  • Ability in repairing PST file if inbox repair tool provided i.e. scanpst fails to work
  • Capability in recovering emails from “Deleted Item” folder  or deleted from any Outlook folder
  • Supports mending of password protected PST files and highly encrypted files
  • Generates PST file in Outlook 2003-2010 format for easy import
  • Provides search option to find location of PST file

What precautions should be taken?

  • Regularly maintain backup of important files and also update the backup if any changes are made.
  • Secure your system by installing antivirus software.
  • Make use of UPS to avoid data loss due to sudden power failure.