How to get search results folder paths in Outlook?

Author: Kelly Last Modified: 2025-01-17

When searching emails across the current mailbox or all mailboxes in Outlook, it will get many search results from many folders. In this situation, it will be confused about the search results’ folder paths. This article will show you how to get the search results folder path easily in Outlook.

Get a search result’s folder path in the Properties dialog box

Quickly locate the folder of the search result with Kutools

Get a search result’s detailed folder path in the Advanced Find dialog box

Get all search results’ folder path by turning off Reading Pane

Get a search result’s folder path in the Properties dialog box

An email’s location is one factor in its properties. Therefore, we can get a search result’s folder path within its Properties dialog box.

After searching results listed in the mail list, select the search result whose folder path you need to know, and press the Alt + Enter keys simultaneously to open its Properties dialog box.

And then you will get this search result’s folder path in the Location field. See screenshot:

Quickly locate the folder of the search result with Kutools

Kutools for Outlook simplifies the process with its Open Folder feature, which allows you to directly locate the folder of a search result with just one click.

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Step 1. Download and install Kutools for Outlook, and open Outlook.

Step 2. After searching, right-click on the search result, and select Open Folder (Kutools). Outlook will automatically jump to the folder containing the selected email.

Get a search result’s detailed folder path in the Advanced Find dialog box

If the search results are from multiple folders across all mailboxes, only the folder name in the Properties dialog box may be not clear enough. In this situation, you can get the exact folder path of a search result in the Advanced Find dialog box.

1. Double-click to open the search result whose folder path you need to know.

2. Now the search result is opening in the Message window. Press the Ctrl + Shift + F keys simultaneously to open the Advanced Find dialog box, and then click the Browse button in the dialog box.

Now you will get the exact folder path of the currently opening search result in the Select Folder(s) dialog box. See screenshot:

3. Close dialog boxes.

Get all search results’ folder path by turning off Reading Pane

If you need to know all search results’ folder paths in bulk, you can turn off Reading Pane in the current folder, and get the folder paths in the In Folder column.

After all search results listed in the mail list, click View > Reading Pane > Off to turn off the Reading Pane in current folder. See screenshot: