2 Free Methods to Open PST File Without Outlook

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Find some simple ways to open PST files in different formats. Also, it is possible to open PST files without an Outlook application through a professional third-party tool – Kernel Outlook PST Viewer. Read till the end to get better insights on the topic.

We often want to open and access a PST file but do not have MS Outlook installed. Opening that PST becomes a challenge in this scenario as no other email application supports this file format. But to answer the main question, How to open PST file without Outlook? Well, it is highly possible, provided you know about the proper utilities, and here we will be discussing the same.

Why One Needs to Open PST Without Outlook?

You might wonder why someone would want to open a PST without Outlook. Well, there are many circumstances where a person might need to open a PST without Outlook. Some of the common situations are as follows-

• The user doesn’t have access to their system
• The user does not want to install and setup Outlook
• The subscription has expired, and they do not wish to renew it
• Sharing PST information with someone who does not have Outlook

In such circumstances, the only way to open that PST is to convert it into an accessible format.

There are a few manual ways with the help of which you can open a PST without Outlook. However, some of these methods require that the person who shares the PST file share it in a format other than PST. Let us understand them in detail-

If you want to send a PST file to someone who does not have Outlook installed on their system, you can try converting it to TXT format and then send it to the concerned person. In TXT format, that person can easily access the content inside it. Access the Outlook application and follow the steps below to convert a PST to TXT:

1. Open Outlook and select an email you want to convert into TXT format.
2. After selecting the email, click on the File at the top of the screen.
3. Select the Save As option from the menu and choose TXT as the saving format.
4. Save the file and locate it on the drive; now, you can send it to anyone who wants to open it without Outlook.

Another method is to convert a PST email to an HTML format, and here is the process-

1. Open Outlook and select the desired email
2. Click on the File option, select Save as, and save the file in HTML format by selecting HTML as the desired format.

Now, you can share this HTML file with anyone without access to Outlook. Similarly, users can convert their PST emails to MSG file format.

The next method is to migrate the PST emails to Gmail. Gmail is the most famous email client,which can be accessed easily anywhere. You can use the Google App Migration tool or GWMMO from Google. This tool helps to import PST files to Gmail without any interruption but supports only email migration, or you can go for a third-party tool like Kernel for Outlook PST Repair tool. Both of these methods can provide you with the same results. However, you can perform other actions with the software, like repairing corrupt Outlook PST files, migrating to multiple platforms – web servers, email clients, email servers, etc., converting to different formats, etc.

If you need a better and easier method than the above ones, then you need to go for a third-party solution for PST viewing. Kernel for Outlook PST Viewer is an automated PST Viewer tool that can open a PST file on your system without Outlook. It easily supports viewing healthy and corrupt PST files of any type and size. To open a PST with this tool, you must have this software on your system. You can download it from the website and install it by following a few easy steps. For the rest of the process, follow the below-mentioned steps.

1. Start by clicking on the Browse button to select the PST.
2. Select the PST to view and click on the Open button.
3. Click on the Next button to proceed forward.
4. Once the scanning is done, select the particular folder, click on the files individually to open them on the screen and view the detailed content along with metadata information.

So, this is how you can view a PST file with Kernel for Outlook PST Viewer without having Outlook, and that too in no time.

Conclusion

To view Outlook emails in general, it is required to have the Outlook tool installed on your system. But the Kernel Outlook PST Viewer tool offers a direct view of PST file (both healthy & corrupt) content without needing Outlook installation. It supports PST files of all Outlook versions too.

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