Note The Outlook Preferences file doesn't contain all the preferences for the application. This tool shouldn't be needed most of the time. This tool also stores the settings for the Outlook window size and position. Use this tool to reset any customizations that you've made to Outlook by using the Preferences option on the Outlook menu. The Outlook Reset Preferences tool resets all Outlook preferences to their default settings. A spotlight search will be slower and may not finish while the index is being repaired.Įxit the Outlook Search Repair tool when you receive the following message after the repair is completed: Done! Reindexing has completed! Outlook doesn't have to be open when the repair occurs. This may require an hour or more, depending on the size of your Outlook profile. Note The Outlook Search Repair tool displays a 'Reindexing, please wait' message while it works. If it does reopen, exit and restart the tool. After your system is restarted, the Outlook Search Repair tool may reopen. If duplicates are detected, remove the duplicate Outlook installations, and then restart the system. If no duplicates are detected, go to step 3. Note The tool searches for duplicate installations of Outlook. How to use the toolĭownload and open the Outlook Search Repair tool. For example, if you search for an email message that you already have open and that message isn't displayed in the search results. Use this tool if search results within Outlook show nothing or return older items only. See the following article from Apple to learn more: How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac. You must perform this step for any additional profile folders you have. Once added, remove the folder, and Spotlight will re-index the folder.

Drag the 'Main Profile' folder to the Privacy tab.

~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/

Copy and paste the following location into the 'Go to the folder:' dialog box and select Go:.Choose Apple menu, then System Preferences, and then Spotlight.If you are on macOS Mojave (10.14), you can follow the steps below to reindex Spotlight for Outlook for Mac. The Outlook Search Repair tool repairs search results within Outlook.ĭue to some changes in macOS Mojave, this tool no longer works in 10.14 and higher.

Outlooksearchrepair utility