[Ways and Steps] How to Recover Deleted Emails in Outlook 2010
Last Updated on September 20, 2025 by Yulia Ilina
Outlook is very friendly to users who need to send emails regularly because it can send and receive emails regularly and accurately according to the calendar. However, users often accidentally delete important Outlook emails when managing inboxes and clearing tasks. At this time, you will especially need an email recovery method. This article provides you with the detailed deleted items recovery method and archived messages retrieval method in Outlook.
Part 1: How to Retrieve Archived Emails in Outlook
Most of the files archived in Outlook are stored as PST files or OST files. If there is no change, the file name should be archive.pst. To directly retrieve archived emails in Outlook, first clear the storage address of the archive.pst file, you can search directly in the computer, and then specify the storage path of the file, and then you can start to retrieve archived emails in Outlook.
Step 1: Open the Outlook application on your computer, or visit Outlook directly in the browser, and log in to your account to view more relevant information. Click the File button in the upper toolbar and select the Open & Export option in the ribbon that appears.
Step 2: Click the Open the Outlook Data File button, a window for viewing files will open, and navigate to the storage address of the archive.pst file in the window. Select the file and click the Open button, and you will be able to view the archived file in Outlook.
Part 2: How to Recover Deleted Emails in Outlook 2010
Method 1: Recover Deleted Emails in Outlook 2010 from Deleted Items
Outlook 2010 is a version with the Deleted Items function. When you delete emails, contacts, calendars, or tasks, they will be moved to Deleted Items. You can restore deleted items by moving them
Step 1: In the left sidebar of Outlook 2010, there will be a navigation pane for various files, find Deleted Items in it and click it to view deleted emails. At this time, the emails, contacts, and related information deleted within the last 30 days will appear on the home page.
Step 2: View the email you need to recover in the deleted emails, select it and right-click to bring up the shortcut menu. Click the Move button in the shortcut menu, and then select the folder where the restored email is stored. When choosing a folder for email recovery, it is recommended to use the Inbox, so that emails can be found quickly.
Method 2: Recover Deleted Emails via Outlook Server
Deleted Items are only valid for 30 days when saving deleted emails. If the time exceeds, you will not be able to find your deleted emails in it. But the emails are still stored on the mailbox server, you can use this function to recover hidden recoverable emails.
Step 1: Still open the Deleted Items folder in the left sidebar. At this time, you need to click the Home button in the upper toolbar to open the corresponding tab. Click the Recover Deleted Items from Server button, and a window for recovering deleted items will open.
Step 2: Select the emails you need to restore in the pop-up window. After the selection is completed, select Restore Selected Items at the bottom of the window, and then click the OK button to restore hidden recoverable emails in Outlook 2010.
Part 3: How to Retrieve Old Emails in Outlook
The above methods can only help you recover emails deleted within a certain period in Outlook. If your Outlook emails can be archived, then you may be able to recover emails that have been deleted for a longer period. But if the emails are deleted for a very long time or even permanently, you will not be able to restore them through Outlook functions, and you need to use third-party data recovery software to do so. Aiseesoft Data Recovery is a software that can help you recover Outlook emails and other types of data.
1. Provides a dedicated "Email" recovery mode that focuses specifically on recovering Outlook emails.
2. Preview the recoverable Outlook email messages before performing the actual recovery.
3. Scan the storage device or Outlook data file (PST file) to locate and recover deleted or lost email messages.
4. Supports various Outlook email file formats, such as PST (Personal Storage Table), OST (Offline Storage Table), and MSG (Outlook Mail Message).
Step 1: Install Aiseesoft Data Recovery on your computer and run the software. Among the many recoverable file types, select the Email option to recover a single file in a targeted manner. Before starting, select a mail storage address in Hard Disk Drives, then click the Scan button, to scan deleted Outlook emails.
Step 2: During the scanning process, a specific scan will be performed on the PST files in the computer to find the deleted Outlook emails. Quick Scan can quickly provide you with some recovery options, but if you need to provide more recoverable Outlook emails, click the Deep Scan button to enable the deep scan function.
Step 3: After the scan is complete, you can see the recoverable Outlook emails, and you can preview the emails to confirm whether they are correct. After confirmation, click the Recover button to recover Outlook emails. After recovery, go to the target folder to check whether the email recovery is successful.
Conclusion
To minimize the loss probability of Outlook emails, the best way is to archive regularly, and the archive retrieval method of Outlook emails in the article is also very fast and effective. If you need a deleted email recovery method, you can choose the corresponding method according to different timelines, but the most effective way is to use Aiseesoft Data Recovery to recover Outlook emails because it can deal with all the above situations.