Weekly e-Tip No. No. 26 – Finding deleted email

The following exchange occurred between a university employee and ITS staff.

Question: I have been very diligent about deleting emails in Outlook, but accidentally deleted something I shouldn’t have and went back to try to find it and had difficulty finding it. I miss how Lotus Notes used to sort by date deleted, not the date the message was received. Can I change that?

Answer: Yes, the Outlook client will allow you to change your view settings in the deleted items view by adding the “Modified” field to your deleted items view (which will be the deleted date). Visit ITS’s LearnIT blog for one-time setup steps to change the deleted view settings.