Search not working on Outlook 16.79 on Mac Sonoma

Anonymous
2023-11-15T00:48:51+00:00

Hi running Outlook 16.79 on Mac Sonoma 14.0 (23A344) and search function doesn't work at all. Any tips would be much appreciated, thanks

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-19T18:03:31+00:00

    I have the same issue . . . . search does not work in Outlook - Sonoma - Mac. I don't have a search option in settings.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-15T08:24:20+00:00

    Hi, thanks for the reply. On point 2, you say go to Outlook > Preferences > Search > Indexing > Rebuild, but on my system its Outlook > Settings > Search > and then there are limited options (see screen shot)![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/ceada97e-6a5a-4d64-befb-8d20b6223aef?platform=QnA

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-15T08:23:21+00:00

    If you have a hunt around you'll see this is one of many faults with the very, very buggy New Outlook that have never been addressed (large font issues, flaky importation of data etc). The only real solution is to revert to legacy. My wife and I both keep an old Mac with the legacy Outlook on it and use that if we need to search.

    If you have managed to import data - it'**** and miss - you may find the missing mail by going to the folder it's in, but the New Outlook seems unable to do a search of all your emails. You get random hits if you are lucky. Rebuilding the index doesn't help.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-27T15:48:53+00:00

    I have the same issue . . . . search does not work in Outlook - Sonoma - Mac. I don't have a search option in settings.

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    Same issue for us, 10 desktops, no search results after Sonoma update. No search option that we can find.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-12-02T16:45:23+00:00

    There is no preferences link in Outlook. I am running version 16.78. Please show me how to find Outlook > Preferences > Search > Indexing > Rebuild.

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