Otherwise, click Browse to choose folders.Ħ. Again, if you want to specify criteria such as only read mail, or who it is from or to, or more, click Criteria. Name your new Search folder, below is simply an example. For example, you may only want to copy and move old emails that you have read, as unread messages may be unimportant and would take up unnecessary space and processing time.ĥ. An example of the criteria you might want to choose is below. You can choose to specify criteria now, or just click OK.Ĥ. This will make sure you don’t grab things you don’t want for Legacy import and gives you control over criteria and folders.ģ.

In the next window, we suggest scrolling down to bottom and choosing Create custom Search Folder. In Outlook for Microsoft 365 (subscription):Ģ. If you still cannot find it, search web on “create new search folder Outlook #” and insert your version of Outlook.

Below are screenshots from three different Outlook possibilities. In Outook, find where to create a New Search Folder.For customers that use Outlook, especially those with lots of folders and subfolders, the quickest way to move emails to the Legacy Import folder is to create what Microsoft calls a Search Folder that will aggregate mail based on criteria and folder selection into one new folder that can be used copy the emails in bulk to the Legacy Import folder.