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How to show folders in search results in Outlook?

Author Siluvia Last modified

By default, when you enable the search function in Outlook emails, the search results will be listed and sorted by date. If you search for All Mail Items, obviously you have no idea of which folders the search results are locating in at a glance. You need to put your cursor on the email and find the folder in the email screen tip, just like the below screenshot shows.

show folders in search results

Actually, there is an easily way for you to directly show folders in search results. Please follow the following tutorial.

Show search folders in search results in Outlook 2010 and 2013

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Show search folders in search results in Outlook 2010 and 2013

1. Enable the Search, after all the search results are listed in the Mail list pane, go to the View tab.

2. In the View tab, click the the arrow button button to expand the Arrangement box.

the View tab

3. Then select Folder in the Arrangement box.

the Folder option

4. Then the email search results are sorted by folder immediately.

As the below screenshot shows, some email search results are locating in a folder named β€œImportant”.

result


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