How to Recover Permanently Deleted AOL Emails Older Than 7 Days

Quick access your deleted AOL email with the following methods:

Overview of Deleted AOL Email Recovery

Many users have the terrible experience of accidentally getting one or more AOL emails with important information deleted, or sometimes even permanently deleted. We say it is a terrible experience because most of the victims have no idea about how to recover deleted emails in AOL Mail and then fall into endless anxiety or depression. If you are one of them, now you can take it easy! Here you can find full AOL email recovery solutions that teach you how to retrieve deleted or permanently deleted AOL emails. Just try the one that works best for your case to rescue your emails effectively.

How to Recover Deleted AOL Emails from Trash Folder

You might have deleted emails in AOL Mail by mistake. When this happens, the deleted emails will be removed to the recently deleted folder, also known as Trash. They will be kept up to seven days for recovery before being permanently deleted. If you just deleted your emails from AOL Mail within seven days, you can try to restore them from the Trash folder. 

1. Go to AOL .com. In the top left corner, click on the "envelope" icon to go to AOL Mail and then sign in to your AOL account.

2. Click on the "Trash" icon located on the left panel to open the Trash folder. Here you will see all of your emails that are deleted for less than seven days.

3. Select the AOL emails you want to recover, click on the "Action" button above, then in the pull-down menu, click on "Inbox" under the "Move To" group of commands.

It's done! This action will recover the deleted emails in AOL Mail back to the Inbox.

How to Recover Deleted AOL Emails Older Than 7 Days

If you have deleted emails in AOL over seven days and suddenly realize the importance of the long-deleted emails, is that possible to get them back again? Yes, you can retrieve permanently deleted emails from AOL, but the chance of recovery varies, which depending on where they are stored. Below, we'll explain two scenarios for recovering permanently deleted emails from AOL. Check the details.

Recover Permanently Deleted Emails from AOL Server

If you are using the web AOL Mail, your mail data is not stored on your computer; instead, it is saved in the AOL server. So, if you delete an email online, you can contact the email server administrator to help roll back for email recovery. This is the only way to recover online deleted emails.

But you need to be aware that recovering mail from a mailbox server is definitely a paid service and must be expensive. Also, if you are an individual user, the chances of success may not be high. So, overall, this method is not very practical. We highly suggest you try the following method.

Recover Permanently Deleted Emails from AOL with Email Recovery Software

As said above, if you delete an email online, you can barely recover the lost email. But if you have the AOL Mail added in Outlook on your computer, the mail data will be stored in the local database. In this case, after email deletion, you can use a professional email data recovery program to help you restore lost emails from AOL.

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is one of the most popular data recovery software that enables you to retrieve permanently deleted emails from local PST or OST files. Download it and follow the steps to restore deleted emails from AOL older than seven days.

Step 1. Select the drive where files were deleted

Run EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and hover over the partition or storage drive where the permanently deleted files were stored. Click "Search for Lost Data" to scan the selected location for recoverable data.

Step 2. Search for permanently deleted files

Once the scan finishes, browse the found files and select the permanently deleted items (DOCX, XLSX, PDF, JPG, PNG, MP4, etc.) you want to restore. Use the file type filter to narrow down the results, or search by file name if you remember it.

Step 3. Preview and recover the selected files

Preview the recoverable files before restoring them. Select the files you need, click "Recover", and choose another drive or storage location to save them. You can also select a cloud storage service, such as OneDrive or Google Drive, and click "Save" to finish.

(Note: The free version comes with a 2GB recovery allowance. If the permanently deleted files you need are within this limit, you can recover them without purchasing anything. Choose a different destination to save your recovered files.)

Import PST/OST files into Outlook 

When the email recovery finishes, you can import the deleted AOL emails into Outlook to use again. Do as ways below. 

1. Start Outlook. Go to "File" > "Open & Export" > "Import/Export" > "Import from another program or file" > "Open Outlook Data File". 

2. In the navigation pane, drag and drop the emails, contacts, other folders from .pst file to your existing Outlook folders.

EaseUS also provides you with an ultimate Exchange Recovery tool to quickly recover and repair corrupted Exchange Server mailboxes (EDB) files and contents. It supports Exchange Database of 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010.