Overview

You can permanently delete an email from Outlook by doing any of the following. Or you can call it a "hard delete."

• Empty the "Deleted Items" folder completely.
• Use the "Clean up items older than xx months in folders" setting to archive old mail.
• Delete selected email files, folders, or subfolders using the Shift+Delete keys.

Translating from English to Chinese refers to the process of converting English text into Chinese. This can be accomplished through human translation, translation software, or online translation tools. For instance, the English phrase "Hello, how are you?" would be translated into Chinese as "你好，你怎么样？"

After performing these operations, can you permanently recover deleted emails in Outlook? The answer is yes. There are two exclusive solutions that can help you with this problem. One is to recover deleted emails from Outlook's "Deleted Items" folder, and the other is to use a hard drive recovery tool like the Data Recovery Wizard to restore permanently deleted Outlook emails from your local disk.

How to Recover Deleted Emails in Outlook 2019/2016/2013

When you permanently delete items in Outlook, the data isn't actually gone for good. Microsoft Outlook keeps emails around in another spot. They're just hidden, at least for a few weeks or longer, depending on your settings. That means you have a chance to recover permanently deleted emails in Outlook. Follow along with these detailed steps.

Step 1: Sign in to your Microsoft Outlook account and open the folder list. Click on “Deleted Items.”

Note: If you see the Junk E-mail folder instead of the Deleted Items folder, your account doesn't allow you to recover items that you've removed from the Deleted Items folder.

Step 2: On the main screen, tap on “Restore Deleted Items from Server”.

Note: If you don't see Restore Items from Server, it means your account doesn't support restoring items that you've deleted from the Deleted Items folder.

Step 3. Microsoft will then recover the permanently deleted email from its exchange server and list it. Select the items you wish to recover, click on Recover Selected Items, and then click OK.

When you restore deleted emails from the “Recover Items Deleted” folder, they will move to the “Deleted Items” folder. You can find them there and move them back to your “Inbox” or another folder.

How to Use Email Recovery Software to Retrieve Permanently Deleted Outlook Emails

There are two types of data files that Outlook employs: .pst and .ost. Data Recovery Wizard supports recovery of both PST and OST files. By locating these file types in the scan results, you can quickly restore deleted email from your local disk, even if the PST/OST file is permanently lost.

Aside from email recovery, this data recovery tool is also great at photo recovery, video and audio recovery, retrieving lost Word documents (as well as Excel and PPT), and other file recoveries due to accidental deletion, hard drive crash/formatted, OS crash, or virus attack.

Step 1: Select the drive or partition where the lost email files were located and click “Scan”.

Select the location and click on “Scan”.

Step 2. The software will immediately start the scanning process. Wait for it to finish. To locate email files quickly, click on 'Other' in the left panel. Then, look for PST files or Outlook files in the list of file types.

Step 3. Select the email file you want to recover, and then click “Recover.” Save the file to a location other than its original one.

Importing PST/OST files into Outlook

To restore emails to Outlook, follow these steps.

1. Launch Outlook. Go to File > Open & Export > Import/Export > Import from another program or file > Open Outlook Data File.

2. In the Navigation Pane, drag email messages, contacts, and other folders from the .pst file into an existing Outlook folder.