i accidentally deleted (purged?) all my outlook 2016 folders, including Deleted and Sent; how to restore them?

Joy Sobeck 0 Reputation points
2025-03-11T19:00:58.86+00:00

i accidentally deleted (purged?) all my outlook 2016 folders, including Deleted and Sent; how to restore them?

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  1. SokiGuo-MSFT 31,031 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2025-03-12T06:06:49.3466667+00:00

    Hi @Anonymous

    Welcome to our forum!

    According to your description, you want to recover emails. There is also a hidden Recoverable Items folder in Outlook. If there are no messages in this folder, I'm afraid your messages won't be recoverable.

    More information, see: Recover and restore deleted items in Outlook - Microsoft Support

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