# Excluding folders from a search in Windows Outlook?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excluding-folders-from-a-search-in-windows-outlook/913123>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 26, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excluding-folders-from-a-search-in-windows-outlook/913123 "2020-06-26T05:08:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excluding-folders-from-a-search-in-windows-outlook/913123/1 "2020-06-26T05:08:52Z")

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I use Windows Outlook to handle emails at work. I have a folder where I store daily emails that I get, which are full of data. Let’s call that folder “Data”. I also frequently search through my emails, as in several times an hour.

Unless I am IN the Data folder, I don’t want to ever search on the contents of the Data folder. Is there a way to set up a folder as unsearchable? I’ve tried using the settings–\>filter to block the Data folder, but I can’t get the filter to be persistent. Does anyone know of a way to do that? Through a filter or even through folder structure. I’m open to just about any ideas. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excluding-folders-from-a-search-in-windows-outlook/913123/2 "2020-06-27T00:12:59Z")

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Which version of Outlook? On what OS?