If duplicates are detected, remove the duplicate Outlook installations, and then restart the system. After your system is restarted, the Outlook Search Repair tool may reopen. If it does reopen, exit and restart the tool. Note The Outlook Search Repair tool displays a 'Reindexing, please wait' message while it works. Jan 17, 2018 If you're having trouble with Outlook 2016. I followed the steps above to remove Outlook from the search results. A reindex happened which dropped the number of items from 157k to about 46k. Move the Outlook.sqllite file e.g. To the Desktop (to keep it around until the restore is successful) Launch Outlook. Outlook will prompt you to repair your database. Outlook is now forced to restore its database and rebuild the index, etc. In my case this took about 2–3 hours on a speedy MacBook Pro.

Reindex Outlook 2016 For Mac How To Export Contacts To Excel

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We do not recommend that you change the default location of your Profile folder for Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac, or your Identity folder for Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 to an external hard disk or to a network. Additionally, using a mail identity or profile that is located on an external hard disk or on a network is not supported in either version of Outlook for Mac.

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Outlook 2016 for Mac caches your mail items in a profile in your home folder at the following location:

~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles

Outlook for Mac 2011 caches your mail items in an identity in your home folder at the following location:

~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities

Reindex Outlook 2016 For Macbook Pro

Like Microsoft Entourage for Mac 2008, Outlook 2016 for Mac and Outlook for Mac 2011 are intended to be purely locally cached mail clients. Changing the location or using a mail identity that is located on an external hard disk or a network is not supported.