Search not working on Outlook 16.79 on Mac Sonoma

Hello,

I am unable to follow the instruction, as I can not locate the preferences submenu.

I am using the desktop Outlook Microsoft® Outlook for Mac Version 16.86.1 (24061443)

Am I missing something? Plus, from time to time, the apps keep requesting to re-enter the passwords for my different email accounts even though I already entered them in the account setup, but it keep losing the setting.

Thank you @jase4, and that made it work perfectly for me too. Simply click Revert to Legacy Outlook (via the Help menu), then don;t event sign in with any accounts, simply then click Outlook in the main menu, and deselect Legacy Outlook. The search then works in the new Outlook (I'm using Outlook version 16.88 on Mac OS Sanoma 14.6.1. When you sort your emails by column title (ie from) you still can't just hit a letter on your keyboard and jump to those emails, which is a PITA, but at least the search now works.

I am having the same problem.

However outlook for me does not have the option "preferences"........?

The only problem is that you'll lose your signatures. I use these quite a bit for templating email communication to my customers.

Hi, I am using Outlook version 16.89.1 (24091630). Tried to follow your instructions, but can't find Preferences under Outlook. Checked Outlook > Settings and could not find Search or Indexing option to rebuild. My search issue happens in New Outlook. When switching back to Legacy Outlook, Search option works fine and quick. Please help.