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How to move items older than n days/weeks/months in Outlook?

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In Outlook, if you have multiple accounts, maybe thousands of Outlook items will occupy the space. In this case, you can set to move the older items to release the Outlook space by using AutoArchive.

Move Outlook items older than n days/weeks/months

Move Outlook items older than n days/weeks/months

1. Enable Outlook, click "File" > "Options", in the "Outlook Options" dialog, click "Advanced" in the left pane, then click "AutoArchive Settings" in the right section.

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2. In the "AutoArchive" dialog, check "Run AutoArchive every 14 days" checkbox, you can change "14" to other numbers as you need. Then go to "Clean out items older than" drop down list, choose "Months", "Weeks" or "Days" as you need, and type the number in the box.

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3. Click "OK" > "OK" to close dialogs.

If you just want to move items in one folder, you can right-click the folder, select "Properties" from the context menu.

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In the "Properties" dialog, under "AutoArchive" tab, check "Archive this folder using these settings", then you can change the number and criteria in "Clean out items older than" section.

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