When you delete an email in Microsoft Outlook, it disappears, but it is not completely removed from your account. These deleted messages are moved to another folder in Outlook and are not permanently deleted. The emails are kept for your convenience, in case you accidentally delete a message and want to recover it. Here's how to recover deleted emails in Outlook.

Chances are that any emails you delete are still there, hidden from plain sight, for at least a few weeks and often much longer. To recover them, find the email in question.

Deleted emails can be found in these locations:

If you change your mind after deleting a message you want to keep, it's a snap to undo the damage and recover the email. To undelete a deleted message that was moved to the trash, press Ctrl+Z (Windows) or ⌘+Z (Mac). The message will return to its original folder, as long as no other action (such as moving or flagging another message) has been taken since the message was deleted.