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Search no longer works in Outlook. When I try to type something in the search field, it 'flashes' and nothing is entered. This morning there was both an Outlook and a Windows update.
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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@Ploquit- I tried this last PM and this AM my search has started working. THANK YOU. I spent 2.5 hrs with support and the next suggestion was a reinstall of Office. You just saved me a lot of time.
I’m having this problem. Support has been unable to fix.
Well, I have tried all the "fixes" listed and so far nothing has worked. Since M$ is forcing me to buy another computer next October since I am on a Windows 10 machine that can't be upgraded, they have made my decision easier-just dump it all and go to a Mac. Thanks M$!
I had a similar issue and MS Support couldnt help, and closed my case. In the end, I find that the issue was that the "Recoverable items folder" was full. There were 90,000 emails sitting there.
This folder is not immediately on view, but to access it click on the deleted items folder - then click on the the link at the top of the column to the right that says "Recover items recently removed from this folder". It took a few hours to clear everything and for the indexing to catch up.
Hope this helps
Rob
Yesterday, I cleared the "Search History," but it did not resolve the Outlook search issue. This morning, I received and installed a Microsoft 365 update. The Outlook version is now [2411 Build 16.0.18227.20002], and everything is functioning as expected. Thus, the update did the trick, although I'm uncertain if it would have been effective without the prior search history clearance. Nonetheless, the update was necessary.