
You must perform this step for any additional profile folders you have. Once added, remove the folder, and Spotlight will re-index the folder. ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/ĭrag the "Main Profile" folder to the Privacy tab. Copy and paste the following location into the "Go to the folder:" dialog box and select Go: Quote from the Microsoft support article :Ĭhoose Apple menu, then System Preferences, and then Spotlight.Ī.

Therefore, I would recommend to everybody to first try this method. This is a much less intrusive solution, takes about 20 minutes of rebuild time, and often works. The link provided by OP has apparently been updated and now suggests to reset the Spotlight index for the Outlook folder. Most answer here are rather heavy-handed.
#How to archive email outlook for mac free#
To free some disk space you may want to archive or delete this. ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/ will contain backups of your previous database.In my case this took about 2–3 hours on a speedy MacBook Pro. Outlook is now forced to restore its database and rebuild the index, etc. Outlook will prompt you to repair your database.to the Desktop (to keep it around until the restore is successful)

