How to Restore a Removed Outlook Account?

You have accidentally removed or deleted your Outlook account. And now, you’re looking for an effective method to restore your deleted account. Well, you have come to the right spot; all you have to do is read this entire write up and at the end of it, you will be able not only to recover your Outlook account, but you will also be able to repair your corrupt PST files.

If you have come to this blog, it means you have accidentally removed your Outlook account. And now, you’re looking for an accurate method to restore your deleted account.

Don’t worry! We will help you out with your situation.

It’s not a big deal to remove your Outlook account accidentally from your system. Most users who are either new or don’t have much expertise with MS Outlook often make this mistake. But, the main problem arises when you don’t know how to restore the removed account.

Restoring a removed Outlook account is not that complicated; it just requires a little knowledge of Windows and Outlook functions. In this blog, we will take a closer look at how you can restore your deleted Outlook account.

Steps to Restore Removed Outlook Account

Restoring a removed Outlook account follows a simple step-by-step procedure. Following these steps will allow you to retrieve your deleted account without any conflicts.

First of all, you need to go to the folder where Outlook data is stored on your computer. Generally, the location of MS Outlook in Windows PC is:

C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Here, copy the exact name of the PST file that was linked to your deleted account, as you will need it in the next steps.

Note: You can also copy the PST file and save it to another location, where you can locate it easily.

Now, launch MS Outlook on your system and go to the File tab.
From the File menu, click the ‘Import and Export’ option.
The Import/Export wizard will appear on the screen, select ‘Import from another program of file’ option, and click ‘Next.’
Choose the ‘Personal folder file (.pst)’ option and click ‘Next.’
Here, enter the location of the PST file that you copied earlier, or select the PST file manually if you have stored it at a specific location, and then click ‘Next.’

After selecting the specific PST file, click Finish. The removed Outlook account will be restored immediately. But, make sure you restart your computer before accessing your Outlook account.

Restrictions in Restoring Outlook Account

You might find it easy to restore your Outlook account with the above process. But, if I tell you that this method is not feasible if the Outlook file in your system is corrupt?

Yes, it’s true. If the particular PST file is corrupt/damaged or inaccessible, then you won’t be able to restore your Outlook account.

Most users find it difficult to restore their Outlook account because the PST file linked to the account either get corrupt or damaged, which make it inaccessible via MS Outlook, and restrict users from restoring their account.

In such cases, users first need to repair the damaged PST file and then restore their Outlook account.

Repairing Corrupt/Damaged PST files

MS Outlook is an imporant application and so Microsoft provides every feasible solution that can be used to repair corrupt PST files manually. But, sometimes, the corruption level in a PST file is too high that it cannot be removed with manual techniques or tools.

In such scenarios, you need an alternate solution that can repair PST files from every corruption stage and provide you with accurate PST data in the original hierarchy. We believe Kernel for Outlook PST Repair is the best tool in the market that you can use to repair corrupt PST file. The best thing about the tool is that it can also retrieve permanently deleted data from a PST file after repairing it.

And before purchasing the technician version, you can opt for the trial version of the tool to get an idea about its performance, speed, and accuracy. In order to give you a bit more understanding of the tool, here is how it works:

Launch Kernel for Outlook PST Repair and click Browse to navigate to the directory containing the corrupt PST.

Select the corrupt PST and click on Open

Once the required file is added to the interface, click Next.

Read the Process Information carefully and click Finish.

The tool provides you a preview of the items contained in the selected PST file. The left-hand side panel contains the mailbox folders; select an individual item to display its email contents. Once you are done previewing the data click on the Save button to move further in the process.

Select the output type as PST (MS Outlook) and click Next.

Apply Filters to save specific data for your repaired PST file and click Next.

Browse to provide a destination path to save the recovered file and click Finish.

The repaired PST gets successfully saved to the specified location. Click OK to finish the process.

Wrapping Up

Losing your Outlook account that you need every day to keep up with your clients and colleagues could be upsetting. And not knowing how to restore that account adds more pain to it. So, we created this blog to help you learn how you can regain your removed Outlook account. Also, we have provided you an additional method of repairing your corrupt PST file.