Recover Deleted Items in Outlook 2010

If you have deleted an item and emptied it from your deleted items folder by accident, and want to recover it, you can do so within 30 days from deletion. To recover a deleted item, click Folder > Recover Deleted Items:

The recover deleted items button is being selected

You will then see a list of items that can be recovered:

The recover deleted items dialogue box

The commands at the top perform the following actions:

Select all items button Select all items.

Recover the selected items button Recover the selected items.

Purge items button Purge the selected items from this list.

Select your item (hold ctrl key to select multiple items) and click the Recover selected items button.

The recover deleted items dialogue box with the recover button being selected