How do I search for text in e-mails?

The work around is not avalible on my end - so I will just wait for it to be resolved.

I would like to search for text in a single e-mail. In all programs (except the new outlook) you can search a given text with ctrl + f

Hello Henrik Hjort,

Thank you for your reply!

I understand you’re looking to search for text within a single email in the new Outlook. While the Ctrl + F function is commonly used for such a purpose in other applications, in Outlook, this shortcut is designated for forwarding emails.

In the new Outlook, to search within a specific email thread, you can use the Ctrl + E shortcut to activate the search bar and then type in your query. This will highlight the text within the thread. Unfortunately, searching within a single email isn’t directly available in the new Outlook desktop app as it is in other versions or the web app.

If you’re using the Outlook Web App (OWA), you can open the email and use the browser’s search functionality (Ctrl + F) to find specific text within that email.

I hope this helps, and please let us know if you have any further questions or require additional assistance. Thank you and have a great day.

Best Regards

Eleni | Microsoft Community Moderator

Hello Henrik Hjort,

Good day to you and I hope you are doing well.

We haven't heard back from you, so we want to quickly check, have you checked my response? Feel free if you need further assistance, we will be happy to assist you. Could you help to submit your vote below the reply so that it is pinned at the top and other community users can easily find this thread? You will have helped many of them in case they have a similar query. Thank you for your time and cooperation.SincerelyEleni | Community Moderator

Hello Henrik Hjort,

Good day!

Thank you for posting to the Microsoft Community. We are glad to assist.

To search for text in Outlook kindly follow the steps below:

For New Outlook:

1. Open the email or thread you want to search.
2. Click on the "Search" bar at the top right corner of the Outlook window or use ctrl+E.
3. Type the text you want to search for and press Enter.
4. Outlook will highlight the search results within the email or thread.
5. For more detailed search options you can use the ribbon which will toggle down more options to help narrow down your search as displayed below.

Classic Outlook:

1. Open the email or thread you want to search.
2. Press Ctrl + E to access the search bar.
3. Enter the text you want to search for and click enter to highlight the search results.
4. There are more options in the Search Tab which will help you further narrow down your search as displayed in the image below.

For Outlook Web App (OWA):

1. Use the search bar at the top of the page to search for email messages and people.
2. Type what you want to search for in the search box and press Enter or select the search icon.
3. For advanced search options, use Advanced Query Search (AQS) by typing an AQS keyword from the table, followed by a colon and what you want to search for. For example, to find messages with a subject that contains “report,” enter subject:report.

If the issue persists kindly provide the following information:

Which version of Outlook you are using? What version of Outlook do I have? - Microsoft Support

What type of account do you have, a Business or personal account like Hotmail/Outlook.com/Outlook.live, etc?

Please try the steps mentioned above and let us know if you encounter any issues. We’re here to assist you further if needed.

Best regards,

Eleni | Microsoft Community Moderator