Outlook search not works in Monterey

I just update to Monterey 12.1 stable. The outlook search broke. None of the reindexing methods work either.

I even reinstalled Outlook and downloaded all 12 GB of my mail again. Still no success. I can't even work anymore. This is beyond frustrating!!

Same problem on my new MBP 14'' with outlook v.16.56

I have the same problem here. I fixed it with deleting the outlook from the Spotlight profile and let it rebuild which took a long time. Now after upgrading to 12.1 the index is broken again on bot MacBook Pro (one is an Intel Version one is the M1Max version). Any solution to that problem?

Downloaded the new OS Beta 12.2 Beta (21D5025f) that came out just now . Busy reindexing Spotlight (Moving Macintosh HD to Private then out in the spotlight preferences) and waiting the reindexing to complete. I do see some searches in outlook bringing results , so hopefully once the indexing is complete this may work..

These are the steps, I always repeat after migrating accounts to new machines to fix Outlook/Spotlight issues. Not my genius, just the extract of webhints and some trial and error. Since 10.14 I performed these steps successfully on a ton of Macs.

First steps: Ask Spotlight to re-register all installed search plugins. Kill dock (I don't know why, but it doesn't hurt and restarts immediately). Re-enable indexing.

Second steps: Delete Outlooks sqlite database, it will find out and rebuild. Start Outlook, it will perform a auto-repair. On large accounts, take care of available disk space before.

After these steps, Outlook/Spotlight will perform together again.

New on Monterey: Upgrade from 12.01 to 12.1. Outlook search broke again. Used the simple Spotlight privacy add/remove steps. Spotlight started indexing, Outlook search is working again.

These are the steps I use to fix the issue:

1. Quit Microsoft Outlook!
2. Perform these steps in the terminal (admin permissions needed):

sudo /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -seed -lint -r -f -v -dump -domain local -domain system -domain user -domain network

killall Dock

sudo mdutil -E /

1. Navigate to (replace "YOURPROFILE" with the profile name you need to fix, i.e. "Main profile"):

~/Library/Group\ Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook\ 15\ Profiles/YOURPROFILE/Data

and move the file "Outlook.sqlite" to the trash.

1. Start Outlook. It reports, that it needs a reapir and starts rebuilding its database.

Wait upon completion, Outlook comes up again. Some patience needed, until Spotlight has finished indexing.

If Spotlight still doesn't love it (see notes above, 12.1 update), add YOURPROFILE to Spotlight privacy and remove it.

I use these steps as a common routine after migrating/upgrading Macs to fix the Outlook/Spotlight issue, nevertheless try at your own risk.

Edit: On large mail accounts, Outlook needs a while to rebuild. 100 GB may take an hour or more to finish, depending on the speed of your machine/disk. Show information of the YOURPROFILE folder, to get its size prior rebuilding. Be sure, there is enough disk space for a rebuilt. After completion, you should trash the backup copy.

Same issue around here and in all of our thousand of customers which use Monterey with Outlook Mac and Exchange OnPrem. There is no way to solve this without a patch or to Monterey or to Outlook... But for now the change was in Mac OS side... It was working before!

Solution by Zapf_Dingbats seems to fix the issue, at least search return somethings

EDIT: it works for a while now, no result

I had some feedback from Apple through the developer 'feedback' application...

'We're actively investigating this issue, and would like you to provide some additional info & logging. '

I have provided additional information as requested, so hopefully its getting some traction :)

It is insane that basic things simply do not work ! New Apple Standard ? Moreover: official support documents describe fixes which do not work at all. Frustrating to no end .. .. (MacBook Pro, Monterey 12.1, Apple M1 Pro)

So installing Monterey 12.2 Beta 1 didn't solve the issue , did all the reindexing etc.

I have addressed the situation with Apple support and unfortunately have no good result yet. However, we have tried creating a new user on the Mac and then logging into Outlook. It downloaded all the messages and if I gave a search term during the download process, it found the messages. In this case, however, the messages seemed to be downloading to the cache

So apparently the problem is that macOS does not allow access to the indexes where the emails are stored permanently.

I am trying to contact Apple support again.

I have same issue after upgrade to Monterey 12.1, before with 12.0.1 no problem I tried everything, re-index spotlight, deleting "Outlook.sqlite", and other but have no result. I think only the MacOS update is a solution

i have the same problem without any responsibility from Apple and Microsoft !! Non of them care unfortunately

A. 12.2 do not fix the issue B. when re-indexing it was working for a while (when re-indexing was going on) C. Can do a search in the spotlight and result is there

I can only conclude that some things since 12.1 broke the access of outlook to the index

Monterey is the worst OS of apple IMHO

Same issue - New Mbook 16" M1Max -  I have done all tricks and solutions I can find to no avail. I completely uninstalled outlook and all traces of my profile, have just reinstalled two of my accounts that are o365 servers and swap between "new" outlook and "old" outlook - the new outlook populates search instantly with full results and no issue, I swap the tab over to "old" and metadata searches don't work - from:Email address = return no results and just using a few letters or first name does barely function, albeit at a snails pace. I have two business accounts that are on premises exchange servers so "new" outlook is not an option..