Select the contact you want to recover, click Restore Selected Items, and then click OK. You can also sort by the From column and look for blank entries because contacts don't have a value in the From field.
To help you find a specific contact in the Recover Deleted Items window, click the Subject column header to sort items by that column. See how: Restore deleted messages when using an IMAP account. If you are connected to an IMAP account, you might be able to recover contacts from the Trash folder. If you don't have an Exchange account (for example, you're using Outlook to connect to an IMAP or POP account) you can't recover a contact that's been permanently deleted or deleted from the Deleted Items folder. To check, see How do I tell if I have an Exchange account in Outlook. You might not be using an Exchange account.
To work online, see Switch from offline to online mode. Important: If Recover Deleted Items From Server is grayed out or isn't there: Make sure Home is selected, and then click Recover Deleted Items From Server.
Here's how to recover contacts from the Recoverable Items folder: Permanently delete a contact by selecting it and pressing Shift+Delete. This is a hidden folder, and it's the place where contacts are moved when you do one of the following things:ĭelete a contact from the Deleted Items folder. If you can't find a contact in the Deleted Items folder, the next place to look is the Recoverable Items folder. So if you can't find a contact in your Deleted Items folder, look for it in the Recoverable Items folder.
Just like when you deleted an item from the Deleted Items folder, items deleted by a policy are moved to the Recoverable Items folder. Your admin may have set up a policy to delete items from your Deleted Items folder after a certain number of days. To recover a deleted contact in, see this topic. To recover a subfolder (and all the contacts it contains), just select it in the folder list under Deleted Items, right-click it, click Move Folder, and then select Contacts to move the subfolder back to your Contacts folder. If you delete a subfolder from your Contacts folder, it's moved to the Deleted Items folder and appears as a subfolder. Top of page Tips for recovering contacts in your Deleted Items folder Tip: You can also move deleted contacts to a subfolder in your Contacts folder. To move the contact back to your list of contacts, click Contacts, and then click OK. When you find the contact, right-click it, and then click Move > Other Folder. Or you can sort by the Icon column to group all the contacts in your Deleted Items folder. Use the Search Deleted Items box (or press CTRL + E) to find the item you want to recover.
In Outlook, go to your email folder list, and then click Deleted Items. If the contact is there, here's how to recover it: The Deleted Items folder is the first place to look if you're trying to find a deleted contact. When you delete a contact, it's moved to the Deleted Items folder in your mailbox just like a deleted email message. Recover a contact that's no longer in your Deleted Items folder Recover a contact that's still in your Deleted Items folder How to recover deleted contacts in Outlook You can recover a deleted subfolder folder (with all of its contacts) if it's still in your Deleted Items folder. Important: You can't recover a contacts subfolder folder that's been permanently deleted.