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Please choose from the ever-growing list below:
How to Set Up AutoArchive
How to Manually Archive
How to Delete Junk Mail
How to Empty Deleted Items
- Open Tools > Options.
- Click the Other tab.
- Click the AutoArchive… button.
- Enable Run AutoArchive and set an interval for how often you would like it to check.
- Select an age for when you would like items to be archived under Clean out items older than.
- To archive items now that meet your set preferences, click Apply these settings to all folders now.
- Click Ok to exit out.

- Open File > New > Outlook Data File.
- Select Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst) and click OK.
- Name the file archive.pst and click OK.
- Type Archive Folder in the name textbox and click OK.
- Drag and drop any folders or individual emails over to the newly created Archive Folder to archive the items.

- Right-click on Junk E-mail and click “Empty Junk E-mail” Folder.
- Click Yes on the dialog box that appears.

- Right click on the Deleted Items folder and click Delete “Deleted Items.”
- Click Yes.

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