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Looking to recover corrupt or deleted Calendars and emails in Outlook?
This how-to guide is for you! Here, we’ll be showing you how to recover calendar items and mails in Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010 or 2007 versions.
Microsoft Outlook Calendar is a component of the mailing platform, designed for setting and managing schedules, appointments and events among others. It is typically like a digital scheduler, which is designed to keep records of your schedules and engagements, and where necessary, initiates reminders.
However, like other Outlook items, Calendars and Emails are easily prone to data loss, which typically happens due to accidental deletion, PST corruption, virus attack, Outlook error and/or system damage. Normally, when any of these happens, Outlook – PST – files (including Calendar items) become corrupted and inaccessible.
Unable to find out the reason, why an application as efficient as Outlook
To recover deleted Calendar items or emails, we have come up with some solutions. Read on!
Solution #1: Recover Deleted Calendar Items and Mails
If Outlook Calendars or emails are deleted unintentionally, there’s a fail-safe setup to recover such files. Normally, deleted items are sent to the “Deleted Items” folder (typical of the ‘Recycle Bin’ in Windows). And such files can easily be restored to their original location(s).
However, the “Deleted Items” folder, by default, removes its contents (deleted items) the moment you exit the application. Hence, to prevent this;
Once this is done, you can proceed to recover the deleted Calendars or emails, as described below.
For Outlook 2016
Note: This procedure is more or less the same in Outlook 2019.
For Outlook 2007 / 2010 / 2013
Solution #2: Recover Calendar Items and Mails using Inbox Repair Tool
Many times, files are lost or rendered inaccessible due to PST corruption or damage. When this happens, such files need to be repaired before any recovery can be made.
Microsoft Outlook hosts a built-in repair function known as “Inbox Repair Tool” (ScanPST.exe). This tool is basically used to fix minor PST corruptions, and recover affected files. If your Calendar items or emails become corrupted, you can easily employ the ScanPST.exe to repair and recover the files.
To use this tool, follow the guidelines below:
Once this is done, the affected file (Calendar item or email) should now be restored.
In the event of severe PST corruption or damage, you may find it difficult to restore affected files (Calendar items and emails). To recover such files, an advanced third-party repair/recovery program is often required, and Stellar Repair for Outlook stands out in this regard.
Solution #3: Use Stellar Repair for Outlook
This is the ultimate solution, which can be employed to recovered corrupt or hard-deleted PST files (including Calendars and emails).
Follow the steps below to run the PST file repair/recovery program:
Once the repair is done, affected files are duly recovered. Such files (calendar items and mails) should now be accessible.
Calendar items and emails are lost in Outlook either via deletion (hard or soft) or via PST corruption. In the case of accidental – soft – deletion, you can easily recover such files (within the standard 14 days retention period).
However, in the case of hard-deletion or PST corruption, you may have to employ a third-party repair program like Stellar Repair for Outlook to recover Outlook calendar items and mails as recommended in this tutorial.
Eric Simson is an Email Platform Consultant and is associated with Stellar Data Recovery from last 6 years. He writes about the latest technology tips and provides custom solutions related to MS Outlook, MS Exchange Server, Office 365, and many other Email Clients & Servers.
My husband deleted my emails and calendar thinking they were backed up. Now i want to find my calendar items from before March. If i follow your directions, will it also restore all the emails that i really want deleted? That would not be good.
It may recover deleted emails. However, at the time of saving, you can filter out deleted items and save all other emails and other mailbox items.
I wasted my whole day using Inbox repair tool. Now it’s time to use Stellar.
Hi Niomi, If you face any problem please let us know. You can also contact to our support team for any urgent help.
Great!
It supports the recovery calendars in Outlook 2019.
Thanks Zinping!
Now, I can see lost calendar items in Outlook 2019. But, the solution is not a freeware.
In a free demo, you can judge the result. If you want to save those emails, then go for the license version of the software.
Sometimes, a freeware tool is a host of suspicious malware so be careful. We believe that data safety should be a top priority for all users.