Is there a way to retrieve my email history after I’ve deleted them?
Chances are by the time you have to ask, probably not. There are several
settings in various email programs that can help, but you do have to set them
up before you process your email in order to get their benefit.
Let’s review a couple of the common ones. Perhaps they’re already set, and
you can retrieve what you’re looking for.
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First, many programs have recycle bins. Much like Windows, if you delete an
email, it gets placed in the Recycle Bin instead of “really” being deleted. The
Recycle Bin gets emptied either when you explicitly do it, or if the option is
set automatically when you exit your email program. Have a look in your
Recycle Bin if you have one.
Some email programs can be configured to automatically save sent messages.
Outlook, for example, has a separate “Sent Mail” folder that keeps a copy of
every message you send – if you’ve turned it on. Many email programs have
similar settings.
Email programs that support “rules” or actions that can be taken when email
arrives can be configured to save a copy of incoming email as well.
Finally, another option particularly useful if you’re traveling is the
option to “leave messages on server”. Normally when you download your email,
it’s removed from the server that was holding it. As it implies, you can
instruct many email programs to leave the messages on the server, often
specifying an optional length of time before they’re automatically deleted. If
the messages have been left on the server, you can typically use a different
email program, or webmail access, to view the messages again.
The bad news is that most of these items are optional and most default to
being turned off. So if you haven’t turned them on, your delete may in fact
have permanently deleted the message.
How do I retrieve my deleted email on the email server?
IF (and only IF) you’ve set it to leave messages on the server, then the easiest way I know of is to create a new account in your email program using the exact same parameters as your primary account (include “leave on server”). When you download using this account, all the messages on the server will get downloaded again.
If you did NOT set to leave messages on server, then they’re gone – there’s nothing to retrieve.
Hi Leo,
I have deleted my Microsoft Office by mistake. How can I retrieve these programs (Word, Access, Power Point, etc.)?
You’ll need to reinstall from the original office installation CDs.
Is there a way of retrieving a message that i sent from a hotmail account but forgot to save it in the “sent messages” folder?(I use hotmail)
thank you
No, not that I’m aware of. Other than asking the person you sent it to to send a copy back to you.
I have an e-mail account that uses Outlook Express 6 with Windows XP. I use folders in OE to save my e-mails. All of the e-mails saved prior to July first are missing but only from one of many folders. There is no chance that I deleted them but they are missing from that one folder. I will take a guess that it had something to do with a compacting operation that froze while the computer was being shut down. Is there any chance of recovering those e-mails? Thanks.
I would not expect so. Compacting will probably have overwritten any useful data, and crashing during compacting probably lost or corrupted something important. I’d look at reverting to backup copies of the files, if you have them.
is there any possible way to got back the important emails that I’ve accidentally deleted… i really needed it…. pls.. thanks and god bless
For your yahoo account? Nope.
If emails have been deleted, and even the recycling bin on the account has been emptied, is there a way to retrieve the lost emails from the hard drive of the computer that they were deleted on?
In all likelyhood: no. There’s a small possibility, but it’s very complicated and in most cases would require the hands-on assistance of someone who really knew what they were doing. Most of the time it would not work.
please its real urgent,reply me,my yahoo id was inactive n i activated it and after activating found that i’ve lost all my emails,including some important and necessary emails,please let me know something by which i can retrieve my all emails,its really urgent
I’m not aware of any way. That’s one of the many reasons I strongly recommend NOT relying on free email services. http://ask-leo.com/are_free_email_services_worth_it.html
Please tell me how I can retrieve my old mail I deleted by mistake. One was my new Resume. I really thank-you!
On free email services like Yahoo, I know of no way to do so.
Hi
Is there anyway i can retrieve email once deleted from hotmail
Thank you
CHeck the Trash folder, and if it’s not there, then no.
Is there some program you can buy in which you can review previously sent and received emails AND IMs? I just read a book where the character was able to retrieve and save old IMs and Emails sent and received. I need to do that…
Is there a program one can purchase to make furture emails & IMs savable even if deleted?
Leo how do i get my e-mails back after my hotmail account deletes them after 30 days?
if i can’t get them back can i change the dates that are set to delete the e-mails after a
peroid of time?
That’s this article: http://ask-leo.com/messages_deleted_on_hotmail_can_i_get_them_back_somehow.html
Hi, I have a query regarding emails, sometimes when I send an email the person doesn’t get it, even though it was definitley sent to the right address. What happens to the email that doesn’t get there? does it end up in someone elses’ inbox?
Thanks
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You probably want this article: http://ask-leo.com/why_does_email_get_lost.html
Leo
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I have deleted a email now I have to have that email for a job fair. How can I retrieve it when it has already been deleted out of the trash bin?
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I note you’re on Hotmail – that answer is here:
http://ask-leo.com/messages_deleted_on_hotmail_can_i_get_them_back_somehow.html
Thanks,
Leo
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I accidently deleted some e-mails that I seriously need quickly, I’m a Pastor of a Church and I need them could you please help me.
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You’re *probably* out of luck, but without knowing what email program you use,
there’s no way for me to say for sure.
Leo
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I need desperately to retreive some important e mails from aug-sep 2004 from my hot mail account. Unfortunately my computer at home crashed earlier this year and all files have been lost. Is there any way the e mails could be retreived?
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Not that I’m aware of.
Leo
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i deleted my emails by accident on saturday so i contact hotmail (msn) that i accidently deleted them they contacted me back on sunday saying they went into my account and retreived my email and they should be on there within 72hours if they didnt come on within the 72 hours then they were permently deleted but then i checked my deleted folder again and they were back in my folder by sunday night
I didn’t use my email account from last 3 months, i lost all of my emails in that account. how do i retrieve all those ?
13-Oct-2008
I lost important mail from aol account i desperately need to retrieve them this mails are 4 months old..is there a way i may retrieve them?
23-Dec-2009
is there a way to retrieve proof of delivery of a hotmail email? the email in questio was sent 5 months ago.
27-Mar-2010
I set up my AOL account in Outlook Express then, like an idiot, deleted and purged my saved emails in OE, not realising they would also be deleted in my AOL account. They seems to have gone. Not in “recently deleted”, and cannot seem to recover from OE .dbx files. AOL are worse than useless in helping. I presume theses are gone forever, or is there any way to retrieve?
Thanks
I have a webmail account [edited] and have my own domain and email addresses set up. I have deleted an email 5 weeks ago. Is there any way to retrieve this email? Could their server still hold the email? Many thanks and regards, Kal
An old employee deleted his inbox and sent mail. These conversations are important on our project. Is there a way to retrieve these. We have a separate server for email.
18-Jun-2010
can deleted emails from facebook be recovered its matter of ergency
02-Aug-2010
My sent folder on my yahoo acct has never saved any of my emails I would like to know how I can get it to save my sent emails
The week of May 23rd, I received an email from SimSlots,Inc IP 209.161.36.20 into my email address above. Is there a way to receover it. I thought it was go to trash, it didn’t. Can help me?
Hello Leo,
Some of my recently received emails have been deleted, and I don’t know who deleted them and why?. Is it possible to retrieve them or find out what happened?
The lost emails are from my customers, can I trust this way of communication to make my business grow?
26-Nov-2011
What is the difference between WEB MAIL and OUT LOOK, and which one is the BEST?
@Eva
The following article was written about Outlook Express, but it applies to Outlook and other email programs.
What’s the difference between using Outlook Express versus my ISP’s email?
I accidentally deleted an Email message with an attachment. How do I retrieve that from Windows Hotmail?
@Coleen
If you simply deleted the message, you should be able to find it in Hotmail’s deleted folder. It stays there for a few days before it is completely removes from Hotmail.
i have deleted a person out of my contacts. i could not get e-mail to her. the e-mail address in my contacts was correct,but when i send a e-mail to her up on my screen her e-mail was miss spelled. i now have her out of my contacts but when i push forward button her and hit the p key her wrong e-mail address comes up
02-Jan-2012
I may have been a bit naughty and sent an angry email about my boss to a colleague. She has deleted it and do have I. Is there anyway that the email could be retrieved by HR or the IT department? We use outlook express with remote access. Thanks
@Philis
Unfortunately, deleted email is never fully deleted. Neither is any file, for that matter. It usually resides on a backup somewhere. The best you can do is hope they don’t search their backup looking for something else and stumble across it. Anything entered on a company computer is the company’s property and they have access to everything done on their machines.