Quickly Search and open folders by folder name with an amazing tool

In general, we can search folders by folder name with VBA code. Most VBA code can search folders in the current mailbox, and open the first found folder only. Now with the Go To feature of Kutools for Outlook, you can easily find folders by folder name easily, and open anyone of found folders as you need.

Please follow below steps to search for folders by folder names with VBA in Outlook.

1. Press Alt + F11 keys together to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and then paste below VBA code into the new Module window.

VBA: Search and open folders by folder name in Outlook

Private m_Folder As MAPIFolder
Private m_Find As String
Private m_Wildcard As Boolean

Private Const SpeedUp As Boolean = True
Private Const StopAtFirstMatch As Boolean = True

Public Sub FindFolder()
Dim sName As String
Dim oFolders As Folders

  Set m_Folder = Nothing
m_Find = ""
m_Wildcard = False

  sName = InputBox("Find:", "Search folder")
If Len(Trim(sName)) = 0 Then Exit Sub
m_Find = sName

  m_Find = LCase(m_Find)
m_Find = Replace(m_Find, "%", "*")
m_Wildcard = (InStr(m_Find, "*"))

  Set oFolders = Application.Session.Folders
LoopFolders oFolders

  If Not m_Folder Is Nothing Then
If MsgBox("Activate folder: " & vbCrLf & m_Folder.FolderPath, vbQuestion Or vbYesNo) = vbYes Then
Set Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder = m_Folder
End If
Else
MsgBox "Not found", vbInformation
End If
End Sub

Private Sub LoopFolders(Folders As Outlook.Folders)
Dim oFolder As MAPIFolder
Dim bFound As Boolean

If SpeedUp = False Then DoEvents

  For Each oFolder In Folders
If m_Wildcard Then
bFound = (LCase(oFolder.Name) Like m_Find)
Else
bFound = (LCase(oFolder.Name) = m_Find)
End If

    If bFound Then
If StopAtFirstMatch = False Then
If MsgBox("Found: " & vbCrLf & oFolder.FolderPath & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Continue?", vbQuestion Or vbYesNo) = vbYes Then
bFound = False
End If
End If
End If
If bFound Then
Set m_Folder = oFolder
Exit For
Else
LoopFolders oFolder.Folders
If Not m_Folder Is Nothing Then Exit For
End If
Next
End Sub

3. Press F5 key or click the Run button to run this VBA.

4. In the popping out Search folder dialog box, please type the specified folder name you will search by, and click the OK button. See screenshot:

Note: This VBA supports asterisk wildcard. For example, you can type tes* to find out all folders whose name begin with tes.

5. Now a dialog box comes out and shows the folder path of found folder. If you need to open the found folder, please click the Yes button.

And now the found folder is opening on the Navigation pane as below screenshot shown:

Note: If there are more than one folders named with the specified name, this VBA can find and open one folder only.

If you have Kutools for Outlook installed, you can apply its Go To feature to quickly find out all folders by a certain folder name, and easily open anyone found folders too.

1. Click Kutools Plus > Go To to enable this feature.

2. In the Go To dialog, please type the specified folder name in the Search box, select a folder in the search results, and click the Ok button.

Now the specified folder with the certain folder name is found and opened immediately.