outlook search funtion

Hi @Fair Bilservice,

Thank you for posting your question on Microsoft Q&A Community. We're happy to help you with your concern.

To help troubleshoot the issue with the Outlook Classic search function, could you please provide a bit more detail on the following:

1/ Are you using Outlook 2016, 2019, or Outlook from Microsoft 365?

2/ Is the issue happening in your Inbox only, or across all folders?

3/ What exactly isn’t working?

For example:

• Are search results missing or incomplete?
• Is the search returning no results at all?
• Are you seeing any error messages?

4/ Have there been any recent updates to Outlook or Windows?

5/ Have you checked if Outlook is still indexing your emails? (You can check this in the Search Tools > Indexing Status.)

6/ Are you using any third-party add-ins or custom configurations?

Once we have a bit more context, we’ll be better equipped to guide you toward a solution.

Looking forward to your reply.

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In my experience, searching from the Inbox is reliable in the classic Outlook. Could you give us a specific example of what happens?