Make Sure that the Outlook Profile (or Identity) folder or one of its parent folders is not added to the Privacy tab. Make sure that Mail Messages is checked under the tabĤ. Open the System Preferences and click on Spotlight.Ģ. Once you done delete the temporary folder. (This process will force Outlook to re-index the emails and they start to appear in the results).ĥ. When the moving is done, move back your messages to the original folder. Select and move all messages to the new created folder.Ĥ. Move Messages to another Outlook folder.Ģ. Run the Outlook 2016 Search Repair Troubleshooter (source-2) tool from MS: The next method to fix the “No Results” search issue in Outlook 2016 for MAC, is to run the Microsoft Outlook Search Troubleshooter.Ģ. Run the Outlook 2016 Search Troubleshooter. (After running the tool, the “ Check for Updates” option will be available). * Important: If you don’t see the ‘Check for Updates’ option on the Help menu, then download and run the latest version of the Microsoft Auto-Update tool from. On the top menu, go to Help > Check for Updates. Open any Office application such as Word, Excel, or Outlook.Ģ. /Users/username/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities/Main Identityġ.Outlook for Mac 2011 default Identity location:.~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/Main Profile.Outlook 2016 for Mac default Profile Location:.If the Profile or Identity name contains a special character, then follow the steps in this Microsoft Article to change the name:

Verify that the Outlook Profile/Identity is stored at the default location.įirst of all, make sure that the Outlook 2016 for Mac Profile or the Outlook for Mac 2011 Identity data is stored under the correct default location and has no special characters on its name. * Suggestion for Outlook 2016 users: We’ve identified that the most common root for this problem is the need to re-index Outlook’s Search Database, so we recommend to try method-6 first to see if it solves the problem. Completely Remove and Reinstall Office for MAC. FIX Spotlight Permissions & Rebuild Spotlight Index using Terminal. Re-index the Outlook for MAC Search Database.

Verify that the Outlook Profile/Identity is stored at the default location.

0.1 How to fix: Outlook MAC Search Returns “No Results” in Outlook 2011 or 2016 for MAC *.

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