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You can either restart the Mac, or just switch Spotlight off and on again with the following steps: It is possible that the Spotlight search feature has crashed. Removing the folder from the exclusion list causes Spotlight to re-index the folder, possibly fixing the Outlook search issue. These actions add the Outlook data folder to an exclusion list for searching, removing the index.
To do so, follow these steps: In Windows 10 PC, go to Settings > Apps. To fix the greyed out search bar, you need to repair the MS Office or Outlook 2016 installation. This means that it will only search the currently selected email folder. Fix Outlook Search bar when it’s Greyed in Outlook 2016. When you first click in the search box in Outlook, it defaults to “Current Mailbox”.
In this article we will describe some of the methods you can use to fix issues with Outlook search in macOS. From time to time, you search for emails in Outlook and it doesn’t display the results you’re expecting.