By I know that you are searching for an answer to your question about how to recover deleted contacts in the outlook for all versions. So, you are at the right place.
In this article, you will find three different techniques to recover deleted contacts in the outlook for all versions. While it is 2010/ 2013/ 2016 anyone. So, don’t be afraid that you have the 2010/ 2013/ or 2016 version. Without wasting any time, let’s come to technique 1.
Technique 1 – How To Recover Deleted Contacts In Outlook From the Deleted Items or Trash Folder
On most occasions, you found your deleted outlook contacts in the deleted items recovery folder. If you are recovering deleted outlook contacts for the first time from the deleted items folder, the steps described below should come in handy.
Step 1: Open Outlook, and then approach the email folders. Discover the deleted items folder.
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In some emails account, you will find the deleted items folder to be named Trash. If you will not be able to see the deleted items folder, so, open the Trash Folder.
Step 2: After all these processes, you have to move ahead and search for the contacts from whom you want to recover. For this, you can press CTRL + E and start typing in the search bar “ Search Deleted Items”.
Steps 3: If you will find the contacts that you want to recover in outlook, just right-click and select Move > Other Folder.
Step 4: After all this, the list will appear, in this list you have to select contacts and then click on the OK button.
These are the first Technique step to recover deleted contacts in Outlook all versions but everything has its limitations exactly in this case.
Technique 1 Limitations:
- This technique will not work if you delete your contacts permanently while clicking on Shift + Delete.
- If someone clears the Delete Items folder, after this you won’t find your contacts.
- If you have so many items in Deleted Items folder, you can’t recover the contacts without remembering the name of your contacts.
This is technique 1 to recover the deleted contacts in outlook.
If you want to know more solutions to your problem, there is one more technique which is technique number 2.
Technique 2 – How to Recover Deleted Contacts in Outlook from Recoverable Items Folder
After checking Deleted Items or Trash Folder and you find that deleted contacts are not available in these folders then you have to check the Recoverable Items Folder. To see that you can recover your deleted contacts in outlook from the Recoverable Items Folder, you have to follow the steps that we mention below:
Extra Point: These steps are basically to guide to recovering deleted contacts in Outlook all versions.
Steps 1: You have to approach Deleted Items folder, and make sure that you have selected the Home Tab option at the top.
Step 2: Next move, you have to select the contacts that you want to recover in outlook.
Step 3: After recovering the contacts that you would like to recover in outlook, you have to select all of them and then also select “ Restore Selecting Items” at the bottom. Next, click on the OK button.
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All items you recover from the Recoverable Items folder will go to the Deleted Items or Trash Folder. Hence, after you follow these steps we mention above, you also have to follow the steps of technique 1 to put all the recovered contacts in the contacts folder.
The contacts only stay 28 days in the recoverable items folder before they get removed from the desktop permanently.
This is technique 2, to recover deleted contacts in outlook, with this technique you also recover your deleted items in outlook.
Technique 2 Limitation:
- After 28 days the contacts will remove permanently from the recoverable items folder.
- Normally the recoverable items folder is hidden.
- You need an internet connection to recover contacts in outlook via this technique.
Technique 3 – Manual Method to Recover the Deleted Contacts in Outlook
The methods or techniques we mention above paragraphs are perfect to recover deleted contacts in outlook if they have not been deleted permanently. By mistake, if your contacts are deleted permanently, so we suggest you use third-party software known as Software Pro Outlook Recovery.
Main Features of Software Pro Outlook Recovery
One of the great Software to Perform Outlook PST file data recovery.
- With this tool, you can recover your corrupt or damaged PST file
- It can recover Emails, Tasks, Calendars, Contacts, etc.
- It also recovers PST files and saves them into PST, MSG, EML, HTML, and OFFICE 365.
These are some prominent features of Software Pro Outlook Recovery. It is also the manual method to recover the deleted contacts in the outlook for all versions.
Steps of Software Pro Outlook Recovery
Step 1: First, you must go to the start menu and then click on all programs >> SysTools Outlook Recovery.
Steps 2: When the software is launched, you have to click on the “Add File Button” as shown below.
Step 3: After clicking on Add File Button, the Add File window arrives in front of you, all of these you have to select options like Select/ Search PST/ BAK files.
In this manual method, we mention some features and steps of Software Pro Outlook Recovery. For more information, you can check its website while clicking on the link that we add to this article.
Final Words,
In this article, we try to resolve your problem with the help of 3 different techniques to recover deleted contacts in outlook. In the first technique, we describe how you can recover deleted contacts in outlook from the deleted items and trash folder. In the second technique, we describe recovering your deleted contacts in the Recoverable items folder. Third and foremost is Software Pro Outlook Recovery. It is third-party software but it will help you to solve your problem. Hope you will enjoy this article.
