How to Recover Deleted Emails From Outlook's PST

Microsoft Outlook 2003 stores emails in a data file called a Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders file. The extension for these type of data files is .pst, and they are often referred to simply as PST files. When you delete an email message from Outlook 2003, the message is not immediately erased. Instead, the email is moved to a folder in the Outlook 2003 PST filed called "Deleted Items." Therefore, you can recover deleted emails from Outlook's PST.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Open Microsoft Outlook 2003. If the Navigation Pane on the left side of the Outlook window is not already open, click the "View" link in the Outlook menu bar, then click the "Navigation Pane" link to open the navigation pane in the Outlook window.

2. Click the "Go" link in the Outlook menu bar, then click the "Mail" icon in the drop-down menu. This will set the Navigation Pane to the Mail view.

3. Click the "Personal Folders" icon in the Mail view of the Navigation Pane to expand the subfolder list, then click the "Deleted Items" icon. This will open a list of deleted items in the right-side pane of the Outlook window.

4. Click the deleted email you want to recover, and drag it onto the "Inbox" icon under Personal Folders in the Mail view pane. This restores the deleted email to your inbox, and completes the process.

References

• Microsoft Article on Restoring Items in Outlook