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How to automatically delete email after replying in Outlook?

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2014-03-25

By default, when you received an email message and replied it, the original email will be included in your replied email message. According to this, many Outlook users want to directly delete the original email in the Inbox after replying it in order to keep the Inbox clean. In this tutorial, you can learn how to auto delete email after replying in Outlook.

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In Outlook 2010 and 2013, the received email will automatically be removed after replying. Please do as follows.

1. Open the email message that you want to reply and auto delete.

2. In the opened message window, click Reply & Delete in the Quick Steps group under Message tab. See screenshot:

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3. In the RE: Message window, compose your email and then click Send button to send it.

After replying the email, the original message you received is automatically deleted.


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Mine is doing it and I want it to stop. UGH. I can't find how to make it stop. Any help at all would be appreciated.

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I went into "Quick Steps" and edited the rule to hit "Ctrl-Shift-1" to "reply to all and delete original message".
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Under "Quick Steps", I edited the rule to hit Ctrl-Shift-1 to "reply to all" and "delete" the original email.
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What about a Rule, a Macro, or a VBA routine?
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So there is no way to set the default to always delete the original note when you reply to it?... What if you want to reply to all and delete?... This could be disappointing if I had high expectations.
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I have been told by our IT dept that there is no way to set it up always delete once you reply. And, I have not found a solution online. Frustrating.
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