Search no longer works in Outlook.

Anonymous
2024-09-25T04:52:04+00:00

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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-05T22:43:54+00:00

    Hi Gabriel,

    Thanks for the reply. I tried clearing my search history... although mine seems to look a little different - mine says "Settings & Privacy, Clear History, Confirm" (that's it), and this didn't seem to solve the issue at all.

    Thanks

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-05T22:54:26+00:00

    Just to double check, on that page look for Search history like below, https://account.microsoft.com/privacy/web-search. Those that reprod the issue had data under Search history. I don't repro maybe because I don't have any data there.

    If you search directly at Outlook.com on the web does search work there?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-05T23:06:25+00:00

    Hi again,

    My account just doesn't look like that at all... doesn't look like I have anything that says Search History, just what I've attached in the screenshot.

    Email search in the Outlook app works, but it is not working on the web browser (which I mainly use).

    Thanks!

    Kelly

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-06T00:18:45+00:00

    I am still having this issue... no matter what I do, my search will not work. Just keeps saying "Sorry, something went wrong. Please try again later." My notifications also aren't working... this section says "We can't receive notifications right now. Please try again later."

    Maybe try the Outlook PWA email app? The other Outlook emails apps all stopped working for me not long after I got the search to work via Ploquit's instructions. So far so good with this version. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-the-web-version-of-outlook-like-a-desktop-app-b360bd9a-00dc-43a4-bdf8-71cdeeb78e83

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-06T06:53:17+00:00

    I'm getting the same message!

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