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title: "Can email addresses be traced?"  
description: "Can email addresses be traced?"  
author: "Sanjay Goenka"  
published: 2022-05-10  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97248/can-email-addresses-be-traced  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "email"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Can email addresses be traced?

Can email addresses be traced?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

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- The complete [**email**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97238/which-email-is-best) header can be used to **track down the sender of an email address**. The email header contains routing information and email metadata, both of which you should ignore. However, that information is critical in determining the email's origin.
- Open your Gmail account, then open the email you wish to track down. Show original from the menu by selecting the drop-down menu in the top-right corner.
- Full Outlook Email Header: After you've double-clicked the email you wish to track, go to File > Properties. The data is found in the internet headers.
- Full Email Header in Apple Mail: Open the email you want to trace and go to View > Message > Raw Source.

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