Messages disapearing from my inbox outlook 2013

charles goodall 1 Reputation point
2020-10-19T20:40:06.787+00:00

I have outlook 2013 and in my inbox while I am watching it messages disappear before my eyes, I can not find them in any other folder such as my trash. When I log on to my godaddy account they are still in my inbox there and everything is syncing just fine, I can see the messages I have read and the ones I have not. The strange thing is some messages disappear and some do not. It doesn't matter if I have read them or not some messages just vanish but not all.

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  1. Jade Liang-MSFT 9,956 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-10-20T06:30:01.253+00:00

    Hi @charles goodall ,
    What's the type of your account(POP, IMAP, Exchange)?

    The strange thing is some messages disappear and some do not.

    Could you search out these messages through typing any specific characters in your Outlook client?
    Are there any similarities in these disappeared messages(such as the received time, same sender or other similarities)?

    For IMAP or Exchange account, if the messages in other folder also disappeared and all the disappeared messages are received in the early time, your issue may be related to the time of Mail to keep offline. Please try to change your account setting and restart your client to check if the issue has any difference(File>Account Settings>Account Settings>choose your account>change>drag the time to All).
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    If the issue still exists or you are using POP account, in the point of Outlook client, the filter in view settings may cause the messages disappear, it's suggested to check your view setting(choose the Inbox>View>view settings>Filter), clear all filter and reset the view to test.
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    If that's also invalid, considering the synchronize error between client and server may cause your issue, it's suggested to recreate a new profile and re-add your account to check(Control Panel>Mail>Show profiles>Add>type a profile name>re-add your account).

    Update:
    Due to these messages are still in your web mail, the issue may be related to your Outlook client itself.

    As far as reaching out to them, I can not find them anywhere, they are just gone.

    Does it mean that you have tried to search these message in the search filed, but outlook display "No result" ?

    If so, as I know, the filter and view settings in Outlook may cause we couldn't view and search any messages, so please first check it, then clear all filter and view setting mentioned above to test.

    If that's also invalid, I'm afraid that the issue is caused by your corrupted local file, please troubleshoot it by the steps below.

    1. Corrupted data file may cause this issue, it's suggested to repair your data file to check if the issue has any difference.
    2. Corrupted send/receive file may also cause it, please try to rename your send/receive file(.srs) and restart your Outlook to test (Location:C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook).
    3. If the issue still exists, it may be related to the corrupted profile, please recreate a new profile and readd your account to check(Control Panel>Mail>Show profiles>Add>type a profile name>re-add your account).

    Hope that would be helpful to you.

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  2. charles goodall 1 Reputation point
    2020-10-20T13:11:46.673+00:00

    It is an IMAP account, I can't tell that there is an discrimination between the messages kept and the ones that disappear. As far as reaching out to them, I can not find them anywhere, they are just gone. I did look and my outlook was already set to keep all mail stored offline.

    Do you have any other suggestions?

  3. Max Fury 151 Reputation points
    2021-10-07T05:50:19.453+00:00

    Are you troubled by this problem? If yes then I have a quick solution which will help you in getting a good result. Sometimes, users accidentally delete Outlook emails and they don't notice. This will make the emails disappear from the Outlook inbox folder. So, I have a quick and simple method to come out of this issue, you can do it if you want. I am sure you will definitely get a better result.

    Fix this Issue Manually

    1. You can find the missing emails in the Deleted Items folder
    2. Check and clear all filters
    3. You can import the old Mail history
    4. Build a new profile in Outlook

    This manual method will definitely provide the final result. If you are worried about your Outlook emails and even this method is not working then you can use another solution to fix Outlook inbox Emails disappeared issue. I hope these solutions will help you to fix this issue permanently.

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