Recover the Deleted Items in Outlook without a recovery tool – Outlook Trick

 

If you don't know what a Hex editor is, you probably shouldn't be hex editing anything, but if you want to try, Google for "hex editor" - UltraEdit is perhaps the best and easiest one to use. Before doing anything to the PST with a Hex Editor, make a copy of the PST, or you may end up losing all of your email.

1. Open the PST in the Hex editor.
2. Delete positions 7 through 13 with the spacebar. Since you're using hexadecimal numbering, this actually clears 13 characters in the following positions:
   00007, 00008, 00009, 0000a, 0000b, 0000c, 0000d
   0000e, 0000f, 00010, 00011, 00012, 00013
   As you clear the characters, the editor displays the code “20” in their position.
3. Save the PST, it is now corrupted.
4. Run the Inbox Repair Tool, SCANPST.exe, to recover the file. Use Windows Search utility to find it. For more information on the Inbox Repair Tool, see KB article 287497
5. The Inbox Repair Tool creates a backup and repairs the damage and recreates the PST.

Open the new PST in Outlook. The Deleted Items folder should now contain the deleted messages, unless Outlook has already deleted them for good by compacting the PST.

I have recovered lost folders and mails using this method several times. I hope you all would be able to recover your lost emails.

I hope you found the information useful and Thank you for reading.