---
title: "Email Search in Outlook & Exchange"
url: https://lookeen.com/use-cases/email-search
lang: en
description: "Find emails, attachments, appointments and contacts in Outlook, Exchange and Exchange Online in seconds – including shared mailboxes and on-premises public folders."
published: 2026-10-12T10:00:00+00:00
modified: 2026-10-12T10:00:00+00:00
---

# Email Search in Outlook & Exchange

That one email with the right attachment – somewhere between the inbox, subfolders, archives and a shared mailbox. Lookeen finds it in seconds, right from Outlook or even when Outlook is closed.

[Try it free](https://lookeen.com/get-started) [Email search details](https://lookeen.com/solutions/outlook-search/email-search)

## What Lookeen searches

Lookeen searches every item, mailbox and archive, not just the open folder.

### Every item

Emails with attachments, appointments, tasks, notes and contacts.

### Every mailbox

Outlook, Exchange Server and Exchange Online – with Lookeen Server, shared mailboxes and, on Exchange Server, public folders too.

### Archives too

PST files and online archives together with the current mailbox.

## Get to the result faster

With filters, search syntax and preview you get there in a few steps.

### Filters for email

Narrow down by sender, recipient, date, attachment, file type or folder – with one click in the Discovery panel.

### Precise search syntax

Exact phrases, AND/OR/NOT, wildcards, fuzzy and proximity search find even vaguely remembered emails.

### Attachments in the preview

Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF open right in the preview – with your search terms highlighted.

### Hide duplicates

If an email is in both Inbox and Sent, Lookeen shows it only once.

## For individuals and teams

One mailbox or the whole company: Lookeen runs on a single workstation or centrally on a server.

-   **Lookeen Desktop:** searches your own mailbox, PST archives and Exchange right on your workstation.
-   **Lookeen Server:** one central index for all mailboxes, with results only from mailboxes a person can also access in Exchange.
-   **Right inside Outlook:** search in the Lookeen bar in Outlook; reply and open with a click.

Learn more: [Search PST archives](https://lookeen.com/use-cases/pst-archives) · [Search Microsoft 365](https://lookeen.com/use-cases/microsoft-365) · [Exchange Server search](https://lookeen.com/solutions/outlook-search/exchange-server-search)

[All use cases →](https://lookeen.com/use-cases)