Archive emails in Outlook - how it works
You can archive old emails in Microsoft Outlook. You can find out how this works and what you should pay attention to here.
Mailbox organization is important
Before you archive your old emails, you should consider which system you want to use to store them. For example, you can sort them by date (months or years), topics (invoices, private items, etc.) or senders. The latter is better in many cases, as this means that you can usually find the emails you are looking for more quickly. So create folders on various topics in advance and sort your emails.
Archive emails in Outlook
- Under "File"> "Information"> "Tools for cleaning up" you will find the item "Archive ...".
- If you click on this, a window opens in which you can make the most important settings - for example, which folders should be archived from which date.
- If you confirm with "OK", the emails you have selected will be saved in a PST file.
Open email archive in Outlook
- To open your archived emails, go to "File"> "Open"> "Open Outlook files" and select the desired PST file.
- You can find the opened archives in the menu under your e-mail accounts (see picture).
The instructions refer to Outlook 2010 under Windows 7.