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Outlook for Android search issue
I was looking for a solution to the search functionality not working on my Outlook for Android app, which led me to this discussion. I have just found the solution by chance.. Every time I used the search function it always showed 'no results'. If I click on the down arrow next to the search function, the search default was to my hotmail email (microsoft email), which I rarely use, but it wouldn't let me change to one of my other email accounts. A get around it to click on the house icon for 'all accounts', and the search function worked! I hope this works for everyone else.
- It works for me.
Thanks very much. Thank You! This was my exact issue. 2 emails and search was pointing tov he one I rarely use. I reinstalled Outlook many times as suggested by other posts and search would work for a while and then stop working. That search target drop down option is not something I noticed before until you pointed it out.
You would think it would default to searching all email accounts or they would make that option more noticeable.
Thanks so much Suzanne!
- Thanks. You have reduced my hypertension a little bit.
Suzanne1495 I have the same problem. Next problem is, that I don't see Home button, neither down arrow. So 'search' function still doesn't work. Worked many years ... Please, are you able to help with this?
Android ver.10 on Galaxy S9+. Outlook ver. 4.2320.1
I don't have a 'house' Icon I have 'All', 'Email', 'People', 'Files', 'Events' and they all return 'No Results' Suzanne1495
This is the drop down where you select what email account to search. Not sure why Outlook keeps changing to the one email account that I rarely use. Thanks again Suzanne for pointing this out!
After you click the search icon, on top right you can see the down-arrow near the mail icon. (You should see it above the 'Events'). Click it to see a Home button to the right of 'All Accounts'.
I have only one account. I don't see down-arrow, neither Home button. Please see screenshots: texts are in Slovak language, but position and meaning is same as in English. 1-st screen is before tapping search icon and the 2-nd is after tapping. Nowhere is a down-arrow neither Home button. Only left-arrow - back arrow.
- Same with me, Jwwk281705.
Suzanne1495, please can you clarify what you mean by the 'down arrow next to the search function' and the house icon. I can't see these either.
Thanks, 4everLearning
Amazing fantastic such a simple solution fixed immediately. Thank you so much. Suzanne1495
