How to search email by date range in Outlook? | Search emails between by date range

Search emails between by date range with Instant Search feature

You can type the search criteria into the Instant Search box to search emails between two dates quickly. Please do as follows:

For example you want to search emails received between 2023/3/1 and 2023/3/31. Please type the search criteria received:2023/3/1..2023/3/31 into the Instant Search box, and then all emails received in this date range will be found out immediately. See screenshot below:

how to search send email by date in outlook.

For example you want to search emails send between 2023/3/1 and 2023/3/31. Please type the search criteria received:2023/3/1..2023/3/31 into the Instant Search box, and then all emails received in this date range will be found out immediately. See screenshot below:

Search emails by date range with Advanced Find feature

You can also configure the Advanced Find criteria to search emails by specific date range, such as between two dates, before a certain date, or after a certain date, etc.

1. Select the email folder where you will search emails by the specific date range, put the cursor into the Instant Search box to activate the Search Tools, and then click Search > Search Tools > Advanced Find. See screenshot:

outlook advanced search between date and time

(1) Click Field > All Mail fields > Received;

(2) Select the between from the Condition drop down list;

(3) In the Value box, type the date range in the format of <Value 1> and <Value 2>, such as <2016/3/1> and <2016/3/31>;

(4) Click the Add to List button.

Note: For searching emails before (or after) a certain date, please select the on or before (or on or after) from the Condition drop down list, and then type the certain date into the Value box.

3. Now the searching criteria has been added into the Find items that mat these criteria box. Keep selecting the added searching criteria, and click the Find Now button. See screenshot below:

outlook advanced search between date and time

How to: Advanced Find where received between two specific dates/Time 

I am using Advanced Find to search through inbox ( outlook 2016) , the purpose is to to extract emails received between 1st Jan 2019 to 31st of Jan 2019 and only within between 10:00am to 11:00am

the criteria I selected was

Field               Condition:                             Value:

Received         between                             01/01/2019 10:00am and 01/31/2019 11:00am

it displays all email outside the range required.

Regarding to your concern, You can type the search criteria into the Instant Search box to search emails between two dates quickly. Please do as follows:

For example you want to search emails received between 2016/3/1 and 2016/3/31. Please type the search criteria received:2016/3/1..2016/3/31 into the Instant Search box, and then all emails received in this date range will be found out immediately.

Note: It requires to type the dates in the default date format in your computer, such as received:3/1/2016..3/31/2016.