How to: Manually archive emails in Microsoft Outlook for Windows


Introduction

In Outlook, click the File tab. Click Info > Cleanup Tools > Archive. Choose the folder you want to archive and complete the fields as needed, then click OK.

Instructions

1) Click File.

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2) Click Info and then click Tools.

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3) Click Clean Up Old Items.

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4) Choose the folder you want to archive, the date that you want to archive items older than, and the destination of the archived items. Click OK.

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OUTCOME

You will find an "archives" folder in your mailbox. You can view your archived emails by clicking on the arrow to expand the folder.

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