Do either of the following:
Retrieve an item or folder from the Deleted
Items folder
- On the
Go menu, click
Folder
List (Folder List: Displays the folders available in your mailbox. To view subfolders, click the plus sign (+) next to the folder. If the Folder List is not visible, on the Go menu, click Folder List.), and then in the Navigation Pane (Navigation Pane: The column on the left side of the Outlook window that includes panes such as Shortcuts or Mail and the shortcuts or folders within each pane. Click a folder to show the items in the folder.), click
Deleted Items.
- Select the items you want to retrieve.
-
Right-click the selection, and then click
Move to Folder on the shortcut
menu.
- In the list, click the folder you want to move the items
to.
Notes
- To quickly retrieve a deleted item, drag the item from the
Deleted Items folder to another
folder.
- If you retrieve a deleted task that you had assigned to another
person, and you were receiving status reports for that task, you will no longer
receive status reports for it.
Recover deleted items or folders that were
permanently deleted
- On the
Go menu, click
Folder
List (Folder List: Displays the folders available in your mailbox. To view subfolders, click the plus sign (+) next to the folder. If the Folder List is not visible, on the Go menu, click Folder List.), and then in the Navigation Pane, click
Deleted Items.
- On the Tools menu, click
Recover Deleted Items.
- In the list, click the item or folder you want to retrieve, and then click the Recover Selected Items icon
.The item is recovered and saved in the Deleted Items folder.
Notes
- In addition, your
administrator must have enabled this feature on Microsoft Exchange Server
version 5.5 or later.
- Some items or folders may not be recoverable because the length
of time that deleted items are stored on the server is set by your
administrator. For public folders, expiration dates take precedence over the
length of time set by your administrator.
- If you work primarily offline, you need to log on to your mailbox
on the server to retrieve deleted items.
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