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How to change Deleted Items folder of IMAP accounts in Outlook?

Author: Kelly Last Modified: 2014-09-23

When we add a Gmail account into Microsoft Outlook, all deleted items are stored in the Delete Items folder under the Gmail folder, instead of the Delete Items folder under the root folder of this Gmail account. See screen shot below. That’s quite different from other kinds of email accounts, and many users want to change the Delete Items folder. Here I will show you how to change the default Delete Items folder of IMAP Accounts in Microsoft Outlook.

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To change the default Delete Items folder of IMAP account in Microsoft Outlook 2010, you can do as following:

Step 1: Click the File > Info > Account Settings > Account Settings.

Step 2: In the coming Account Settings dialog box, click to highlight the IMAP account on the E-mail tab, and then click the Change button.

Step 3: In the Change Account dialog box, click the More Settings button.

Step 3: Now you get into the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box,

(1) Go to the Delete Items tab;

(2) Check the option of Move deleted items to the following folder on the server;

(3) Click to highlight the folder that you wish deleted items are stored in;

(4) Click the OK button.

Step 4: Now you return to the Change Account dialog box, uncheck the option of Test Account Settings by clicking the Next button, and then click the Next button and Finish button successively.

Step 5: Click the Close button to close the Account Settings dialog box.

Note: This method only works in Microsoft Outlook 2010.


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Any idea how I do this in the latest version of Outlook? I can't find the "internet email settings" in my version: Microsoft® Outlook® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2110 Build 16.0.14527.20234) 64-bit
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Ik had vandaag dezelfde vraag en kwam deze opmerking tegen. Even uitgezocht en gevonden waar dit verstopt zit.
Als je de bovenstaande methode gebruikt kun je inderdaad niet meer bij de "extra" instellingen komen.

Als je echter in Stap 1 kiest voor: Profielen beheren (dus Info > Accountinstellingen > Profielen beheren)
dan kies je daar voor E-mailaccounts.

Nu opent hetzelfde scherm als in Stap 2. Echter zul je zien dat als je nu de optie Wijzigen gebruikt, je wel de "Meer instellingen" knopt hebt.
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Oops maar helaas....ook met deze knop kun je dus niet de locatie van de verwijdere items map aanpassen.
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Thank you that was simple and it worked.
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I have windows 10 and don't have a Deleted Items, Sent Items or General tab in "More Setting"
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thankyou, the only piece of useful info i could find. Works for outlook 2010 when msgs do not go to deleted folder when deleted from inbox.A+++
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