How to Change Working Offline to Online in Outlook?

With Microsoft Outlook, users get the facility to work in offline as well as in online mode and it is not too tough to switch between offline and online modes in MS Outlook.

Outlook offline mode means your Outlook is not connected to your email server. You can't send or receive emails until you disable this mode.

Stuck in offline mode?

Here are the steps that will help you to get out of offline mode in MS Outlook and get back to online mode.

1. Launch MS Outlook application.
2. Go to Send/Receive and choose Work Offline to reconnect.
   
   

Note:

1. Getting a shaded background means you are not connected to the internet.
2. If Outlook is running and check the taskbar, if there is a cross on Outlook icon it means Outlook is working offline.
   
   
3. You can check the status bar (bottom right of the interface)
   
   
4. If you are connected, it will display connected status.
   
   

What to do if you are offline?

There are multiple reasons when you are offline or disconnected. Let us know some of the reasons behind this –

1. If you are connected, it may be possible that there is a problem with mail server. To check this, check send/receive mails. If the server is not working, contact your admin.
2. If you are able to Send/Receive emails but getting disconnected, then it implies that the system wants an update. Or maybe there's a problem with your account settings.

Still not connected?

Follow the tricks to reconnect –

1. Reset work offline status – In Send/Receive tab, choose Work Offline and check the status.
2. Checking updates – Open any Office app and then go to File> Account. Click on Office updates under product information.
   
   
3. Create new profile – It can be possible that there is a problem to your current Outlook profile. For this, go to File > Account Settings > Account Settings > choose the profile that you need to remove and click on Remove.
   
   

Now, to add an account, go to File > Add account.

What to do if OST file get corrupted?

To continue to work in offline mode without noticing that this offline work is saved in Offline Storage Table (.ost) files, which can corrupt because of various reasons.

To retrieve the data, you can use third-party software by Softaken for OST to PST Converter.By maintaining the complete data integrity, one can convert orphaned as well as archived OST files to PST format.

Final Words

You will get various solutions to change/switch between offline and online mode in Outlook. If you fail to synchronize with the server due to OST file corruption then we highly recommend Softaken OST to PST Converter Tool.