--- title: "A Brief Guide On How To Backup Outlook 2010 Emails | DuoCircle" description: "Join the thousands of organizations that use DuoCircle Find out how affordable it is for your organization today and be pleasantly surprised.Interested in" image: "https://www.duocircle.com/images/og-default.png" canonical: "https://www.duocircle.com/content/backup-email/how-to-backup-outlook-2010-emails/" --- Content # A Brief Guide On How To Backup Outlook 2010 Emails Join the thousands of organizations that use DuoCircle Find out how affordable it is for your organization today and be pleasantly surprised.Interested in [ Talk to an Expert → ](/contact/) [ See what we make ](/products/) ## A Brief Guide On How To Backup Outlook 2010 Emails [MX Backup - Sign Up](/email/email-backup-mx) Businesses no longer have to maintain hard copies of essential emails in office folders, thanks to the **backup functionality** provided by major email vendors such as Gmail and Outlook. _This simplistic way of preserving critical communication threads is adequate and efficient as long as no unauthorized third parties can access them_. This post is meant for Outlook users looking for an answer to how to backup Outlook 2010 emails? ![backup email](https://media.mailhop.org/duocircle/images/2020/11/backup-mx-services.png) ### The Need To Backup Emails One can find numerous instances with a simple search when spam mails have succeeded in trapping unsuspecting email users into giving away their account details and other sensitive information. It is the modus-operandi of the cyber adversaries to launch **phishing and spear-phishing attacks**. So the question you must be asking is [how to backup email accounts](/content/backup-email/how-to-backup-email-account) and protect yourself from online frauds? If a user has the habit of using a [backup email address](/content/backup-email/backup-email-address) without revealing the same to anybody, he may use it to store all his emails. _Microsoft gives its users the option to back up their Outlook emails on the cloud_, and it indeed is one of the [best ways to backup email](/content/backup-email/best-way-to-backup-email). ### How To Backup Outlook 2010 Emails? No [email backup software](/content/backup-email/email-backup-software) is required to [backup emails in Gmail](/content/backup-email/backup-email-gmail) or Outlook locally. Following the below-mentioned instructions should enable any Outlook user to [create a backup file](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/export-or-backup-email-contacts-and-calendar-to-an-outlook-pst-file-14252b52-3075-4e9b-be4e-ff9ef1068f91) of their inbox: 1. Go to **FILE**. 2. Go to **OPTIONS**. 3. Select **ADVANCED** in OPTIONS. 4. Click on **EXPORT**. 5. The **IMPORT AND EXPORT WIZARD** window appears, select **EXPORT TO A FILE**. 6. The EXPORT TO A FILE window appears; select **OUTLOOK DATA FILE (.PST)**. 7. Click **NEXT**. 8. From the menu that pops, select the folder that needs to be exported. It may be your Inbox, Sent Items, Contacts, or any other folder. 9. Click **NEXT**. 10. Click **BROWSE** to select the desired backup location. 11. Click **FINISH** to end the procedure. ![email backup wizard](https://media.mailhop.org/duocircle/images/2020/11/mail-queue-service-1.png)![mx backup](https://media.mailhop.org/duocircle/images/2020/11/email-spooling-service.png) ### How To Restore Outlook Backup? After exploring the [email backup wizard](/content/backup-email/email-backup-wizard), let us now learn [how to restore Outlook backup](/content/backup-email/how-to-restore-outlook-backup). _The steps 1 – 4 remain the same_, and after that: 1. The **IMPORT AND EXPORT WIZARD** window appears; select **IMPORT FROM ANOTHER PROGRAM OR FILE**. 2. The **IMPORT A FILE** window appears; select **OUTLOOK DATA FILE (.PST)**. 3. Click **NEXT**. 4. From the menu that pops, select the folder location of your backed up file, and enter the password (if any). 5. From the **IMPORT OUTLOOK DATA FILE** window, select the folder to be restored and the location of restoring. 6. Click **FINISH** to end the procedure. Knowing how to backup Outlook 2010 emails ensures that the confidential business and personal data can be recovered after a mishap. Although Microsoft offers an automatic way to [backup emails](/content/backup-email), _you still need to manually retrieve them whenever the need arises_, which is why it is recommended to opt for an _email backup service_, tailor made per your requirements so that you do not have to worry about backing up your organization’s emails anymore and can focus on more important things for your business! ##### Join the thousands of organizations that use DuoCircle --- Find out how affordable it is for your organization today and be pleasantly surprised. [MX Backup - Sign Up](/email/email-backup-mx)Interested in our Partner Program for MSPs and VARs? Visit Our [MSP Partner Program](/msp-partner-program). ## Ready to talk? Same-day response from someone technical. We tell you yes or no quickly. If yes, we get to work. 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