Forgot Outlook password: two ways to restore access to mail

Good day!

Email is our window to the big world 👀. Microsoft has always paid great attention to its security issues, but sometimes this sophisticated protection creates difficulties for users ...

What if the password for the mailbox is forgotten or lost for technical reasons? Write to Bill Gates? ☝

A situation familiar to many: Outlook works, but a person cannot log into an account. Priceless contacts, letters and attachments are not available.

This can be easily avoided if you take care of the safety of important passwords in advance (👉 for example, rewrite them in a notepad). It's very simple, but for some reason only a few do this (mostly those who have already lost their mailbox before).

The main thing in such a situation is not to worry, because nerve cells (unlike lost files) are not restored. There are at least two ways to restore access to the accounts linked in Outlook, they will be discussed in this article ...

Method number 1 - "manual" recovery

The first thing that comes to mind is to try to recover the forgotten password through the user interface of your mail service.

If you remember the answer to Security Question or not lost telephonespecified during registration, there should be no problems.

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Just open Outlook and rewrite the email addresses you need to recover. Then go to the desired site, click on the button "Forgot password" (☝) and

start restoring your accounts. You are required to create new passwords, after completing the work, all that remains is to register them in Outlook.

👉 To help!

1) Forgot your email address, how you can find it or find it out (browsers can store passwords for mail too!)

2) How to enter the mail (example with a service from Mail.Ru)

The process is long and dreary, especially when it comes to corporate mail - the confusion with restoring dozens or hundreds of accounts is simply inevitable. One more problem,

the loss of passwords for Microsoft Outlook is the loss of access to * .pst and * .ost files.

👉 To help!

How to Convert OST Files to PST (A Couple of Easy Conversion Options)

This is a handy tool for working with mail, in fact, they are local databases. With their help, you can access your mailings even if there is no network.

.Pst and .ost docs extensions you need to search here:

For newer versions of Outlook: Documents / Outlook Files
For older versions: AppData / Local / Microsoft / Outlook

These files can be copied, archived, e-mailed and password protected.

There is only one problem - if the password is lost, it will be possible to restore access to them only with the help of special software (more on that below 👇).

Method number 2 - password recovery using special. software

Not everyone can afford to waste time recovering their accounts. As long as you will tinker with manual password change, your customers will go to another company (and friends will forget about you). For those who value their time, it is better to use the more elegant option ... 👌

It's about installing special applications. There are many utilities that can recover passwords from Outlook accounts and encrypted * .pst and * .ost documents.

Among them there are both complex programs for specialists and simpler utilities available to ordinary citizens. But, to

unfortunately they are all paid ...

And in this regard, one of the most accessible and proven utilities is yavl. productRecovery Toolbox for Outlook

Password (official website: //outlookpassword.recoverytoolbox.com/ru/) from the company Recovery Toolbox.

This is a well-known developer, which means that you do not have to worry about "planted" viruses and Trojans (which often happens when installing software with advertising content). And also that someone outside will dig into your mail.

Its advantages:

no specials are needed to work with this utility. skills, it is simple and reliable;
works with all versions of Microsoft Outlook (except Office
365 and Exchange Server);
compatible with Windows XP, 7, 8, 10 (32/64 bits);
affordable price, the license costs only $ 19 (in comparison with other products).

How to work with Recovery Toolbox for Outlook

Password:

Everything is very simple. To restore access to your account (or accounts), you need to perform the following steps in order:

Download Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Password from the official site;
Install and run the application on your computer (the process is standard, so I won't stop there);
Select the required account in the left pane;
Copy the password from the right panel and enter the mail using it (see the screen below 👇).

Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Password - work screenshot

Thus, the problem is solved very elegantly and easily! Compared to the first method, it is an order of magnitude faster. However, it's up to you whether to pay with money or with your own time ... 👀

However, if you want to return access to encrypted file, there are no alternatives to Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Password!

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👉 Helpful advice (instead of a conclusion)

Try to write down everything important passwords in notepad. Better way to save important information than pen and paper, no one has come up with yet (like?).

Access to mail can be "lost / forgotten", hard drives fail, and your own memory can fail at the most inopportune moment. Only manuscripts do not burn!

A good habit will surely save you a lot in the future.

nerve cells. And if you are afraid for the safety of information, just hide the notebook among the stack of books (if you are not a very famous person or a rich person, then almost certainly no one will ever look for him there ...).