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Tips to Open Password Protected PST File in Outlook

By Sophia | Last Updated

Most of us use Microsoft Outlook to deal with work or daily life, for example, documentary sending or receiving, schedule sync and manage your email in time. In this article, we will talk about tips to open pst file in Outlook 2007/2010/2013/2016. The tutorial is simple and even though you are greener can be done in a minute.

Open Password Protected PST File in Outlook 2007

Microsoft Outlook 2007 is an old version that fewer people to use. However, some old people prefer to use this version. So here is how to open pst file in Outlook 2007.

Step 1: Open Outlook 2007, click on File in the top left corner, select "Import and Export" from the drop-down.

click file import and export

Step 2: In the Import and Export Wizard window, choose Import from another program or file then click Next.

import from another program or file

Step 3: Scroll down and click on Personal Folder File (*pst), tap on Next.

open personal folder file

Step 4: Click Browse button to locate the Outlook pst folder. Then type the password for back up and click Finish to quit.

Note: If your pst file password is missing, you can click on how to remove password protection pst file for Outlook 2007/2010/2013/2016.

Open Password Protected PST File in Outlook 2010

For Outlook 2010, it has some changes to the previous version and more stable. Go and do the following on how to open pst file in Outlook 2010.

Step 1: Click File at the upper right and click Options.

Step 2: When the Outlook Options window popups, click the Advanced tab in the left panel and click Export as the image below.

export pst file in advanced tab

Step 3: Navigate to Import from another programNextPersonal Folder File (*pst)Next.

Step 4: Click on "Browse..." button, select the pst file you would like to open. Tap on Next and input the password you set before.

Open Password Protected PST File in Outlook 2013/2016

In this part, we combine the Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016 for they have the same operation to open pst file. Fllow the details below to learn how to open pst file in Outlook 2013/2016.

Step 1: Click File at the top-left corner and select Options in the left panel.

Step 2: Click Advanced in the left field then tap on Export.

export pst file in outlook 2013

Step 3: Select "Import from another program or file" from the list and click on Next.

Step 4: In the box under Select file type to import from, click the Outlook Data File (.pst) and Next. Input your password you backed up the file before.

import outlook data file

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