Do you want to retrieve documents from Outlook? Saved a file in your Outlook Temp folder and now can’t find that Outlook Temp Folder or your file? Tried using Finder with no result? Here is what to do to locate your Outlook Temp Files!
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What Are Outlook Temp files?
Outlook Mac stores temporary files such as e-mail signatures, opened attachments like images, documents, PDF files, etc., and other e-mail content in the following location(s):
- For Older Versions of Office: /Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/Outlook Temp
- For Office 2016 and higher: /private/var/folders and look inside these folders for com.microsoft.outlook or Outlook Temp
Locate Outlook Temp files on Newer Outlook Versions
- Open Finder
- Go to the “GO” drop down menu and select “Go to Folder…”
- Enter /private/var/folders and click go
- For /private/var/folders, you need to search within the folder for the com.microsoft.outlook or outlook temp–sometimes it’s inside the b6 or rz folders but often it’s elsewhere!
- Search around through various folders after the path /private/var/folders to find Outlook Temp
- Some readers find it here: /private/var/folders/b6/w46fh44s2wz53qqvcwhnrz440000gp/T/com.microsoft.Outlook/Outlook Temp
- Others found it here: /private/var/folders/rz/2mcg5kq124bcngdy8fk8kk_n3w_jjw/T/com.microsoft.Outlook/TemporaryItems
Locate Outlook Temp on Older Outlook Versions
- Open Finder
- Go to the “GO” drop down menu and select “Go to Folder…”
- Enter /Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/Outlook Temp
- And click go
OR, alternatively
- Open Finder
- Go to the “GO” drop down menu and hold down the option (alt) key
- The “Library” option appears
- Click on “Library” and then you find “Caches” and “TemporaryItems” and finally “Outlook Temp”
- Now you locate your Outlook file
Make Your Library Visible and Manually Search
Find your Outlook Temp cache folder easily when your user Library folder is visible in macOS or Mac OS X!
For older Outlook versions
- Open your User Folder
- Click to open your Library folder
- Search for the folder Caches
- Inside the Cache folder locate Temporary Items
- And look for your Outlook Temp directory there
- The full path is : User Folder > Library > Caches > Temporary Items > Outlook Temp Directory
If You Still Can’t Find Your Outlook files
Follow reader Gary’s advice and open up an attachment in outlook. Then look at the properties to see the file location, where your computer is storing the file.
Save the File to a New Location
Use Outlook’s File > Save As option to save a copy of the temp outlook file to a location you can easily access and remember!
Open a File’s Properties in Outlook
- Shift to the Mail view by clicking the Mail in the Navigation Pane
- Open the email message attachment that you want to see
- View the size, file location, and other properties
- If you are using the Outlook 2007, click the Office Button > Properties
- If you are using the Outlook 2010 and 2013, click File > Info
- Write down or take note of the listed file location
- Then follow the steps above under Locate Outlook Temp using that new location information
