{"id":1137,"date":"2015-05-28T10:50:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T17:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2023-02-24T20:34:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T20:34:43","slug":"how-to-find-the-name-of-the-folder-an-email-is-stored-in-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2015\/05\/28\/how-to-find-the-name-of-the-folder-an-email-is-stored-in-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find the Name of the Folder an Email is Stored in Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I personally think that search in Outlook is pretty damn good. I usually find what I&#8217;m looking for 95% of the time (the other 5% is because the email\u00a0was archived, deleted long ago, or was a figment of my imagination).<\/p>\n<p>Once I spot the email in a list of search results, I often wonder &#8220;<em>now where did I actually put that?&#8221;. <\/em>\u00a0I have an embarrassing amount of nested folders that I use to organize the\u00a0thousands of\u00a0emails I receive because I never delete any of them.\u00a0Plus I am guilty of accidentally drag-and-dropping folders\u00a0into other folders and losing them.\u00a0Poking around through the folder filing system\u00a0is honestly painful, and more effort than I care to exercise, especially when I end up clicking around for longer than\u00a030 seconds. I knew there had to be an easier way!<\/p>\n<p>During my internet search for answers, I discovered <strong>Outlook MVP Robert Sparnaaij&#8217;s blog<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msoutlook.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSOutlook.info<\/a> and was <strong>really impressed<\/strong> with his writing style. He has found the perfect balance of short, direct answers with just enough detail to get results.\u00a0<strong>Thank you to Robert<\/strong> for\u00a0<span class=\"header-description\">wading through vast amounts of documentatio<\/span><span class=\"header-description\">n to track down the answers to our real world questions!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Robert&#8217;s blog\u00a0post\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;<a title=\"Permanent Link to Determine the folder path of a message found in Search results\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msoutlook.info\/question\/846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Determine the folder path of a message found in Search results<\/a>&#8220;, he shares four solutions of increasing complexity to help you figure out where an email lives in Outlook.<\/p>\n<p>Because I honestly need to recall these keyboard shortcuts 3-4 times a week (and ALWAYS forget), I&#8217;m posting them here. Please read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msoutlook.info\/question\/846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert&#8217;s blog post for detailed instructions<\/a> and step-by-step screenshots. Again, 100% kudos to Robert for these solutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution #1:<\/strong>\u00a0Sort your\u00a0Search Results by folder <em>(so smart!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution #2:<\/strong>\u00a0 Alt + Enter is the keyboard shortcut to bring up the Properties dialog box for an Outlook email &#8211; this will show you the name of the folder the email lives in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/ALT-ENTER.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1333\" src=\"http:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/ALT-ENTER.png\" alt=\"ALT-ENTER\" width=\"319\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/ALT-ENTER.png 319w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/ALT-ENTER-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution #3:<\/strong>\u00a0 To see the exact full folder path, use CTRL + Shift + F will\u00a0open the Advanced Find menu. It will tell you what folder the email is in AND let you use the Browse button to reveal where that folder sits in the folder hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/CTRL-SHIFT-F.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1332\" src=\"http:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/CTRL-SHIFT-F.png\" alt=\"CTRL-SHIFT-F\" width=\"319\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/CTRL-SHIFT-F.png 319w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/CTRL-SHIFT-F-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution #4:<\/strong> If you\u00a0want a solution that gives you\u00a0the ability to click to open the file location, use the link above to go read Robert&#8217;s blog post: <a title=\"Permanent Link to Determine the folder path of a message found in Search results\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msoutlook.info\/question\/846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Determine the folder path of a message found in Search results<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I personally think that search in Outlook is pretty damn good. 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Once I spot the email in a list of search results, I often wonder &#8220;now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2015\/05\/28\/how-to-find-the-name-of-the-folder-an-email-is-stored-in-outlook\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[90,125,146,188],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Find the Name of the Folder an Email is Stored in Outlook - Kelly LaForest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2015\/05\/28\/how-to-find-the-name-of-the-folder-an-email-is-stored-in-outlook\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Find the Name of the Folder an Email is Stored in Outlook - Kelly LaForest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I personally think that search in Outlook is pretty damn good. 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