Clearing multiple appointments or events on a day or week in Outlook, without opening each item

I often have the need to clear all appointments or events from a single day or week in Outlook. Is there a way to do an entire day or week at a time, rather than opening each appointment, clicking "Delete", clicking "this occurence", then repeating it for each entry??? This is quite tedious, and there has to be a faster way

Thanks

If you switch to a table view, you can sort by date and delete multiple
items.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"lovnlife" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> I often have the need to clear all appointments or events from a single
day or week in Outlook. Is there a way to do an entire day or week at a
time, rather than opening each appointment, clicking "Delete", clicking
"this occurence", then repeating it for each entry??? This is quite
tedious, and there has to be a faster way!
>
> Thanks

Sue,

Forgive my ignorance, but how do you get a table view. I am using windows XP.

Thanks

----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----

If you switch to a table view, you can sort by date and delete multiple
items.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"lovnlife" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>> I often have the need to clear all appointments or events from a single
day or week in Outlook. Is there a way to do an entire day or week at a
time, rather than opening each appointment, clicking "Delete", clicking
"this occurence", then repeating it for each entry??? This is quite
tedious, and there has to be a faster way!
>> Thanks

One quick way to switch to the By Category view on the View menu.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"lovnlife" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Sue,
>
> Forgive my ignorance, but how do you get a table view. I am using windows
XP.
>
> Thanks
>
> ----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----
>
> If you switch to a table view, you can sort by date and delete
multiple
> items.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of
> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "lovnlife" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:14BE884F-BDB2-4074-88A4-F1B8B24F12D7@microsoft.com...
> >>> I often have the need to clear all appointments or events from a
single
> day or week in Outlook. Is there a way to do an entire day or week
at a
> time, rather than opening each appointment, clicking "Delete",
clicking
> "this occurence", then repeating it for each entry??? This is
quite
> tedious, and there has to be a faster way!
> >> Thanks
>
>
>

If you click on the Start column heading, Outlook will sort by that field.
You can adjust other view settings or create a totally new table using the
View | Current View | Customize Current View or Define Views commands.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"lovnlife" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I tried that, but I don't assign categories to my appointments, so they
all come up together. It brings some of the appointments up, but not all of
them for a day. Any other ideas?
>
> ----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----
>
> One quick way to switch to the By Category view on the View menu.

>
>
> "lovnlife" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B4B337DF-ED60-4237-9A29-DC903FC1FE97@microsoft.com...
> > Sue,
> >> Forgive my ignorance, but how do you get a table view. I am using
windows
> XP.
> >> Thanks
> >> ----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----
> >> If you switch to a table view, you can sort by date and
delete
> multiple
> > items.
> >> --
> > Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> > Author of
> > Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> > Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> > http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
> >>> "lovnlife" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> > news:14BE884F-BDB2-4074-88A4-F1B8B24F12D7@microsoft.com...
> >>>> I often have the need to clear all appointments or events from a
> single
> > day or week in Outlook. Is there a way to do an entire day or
week
> at a
> > time, rather than opening each appointment, clicking "Delete",
> clicking
> > "this occurence", then repeating it for each entry??? This
is
> quite
> > tedious, and there has to be a faster way!
> >>> Thanks
> >>>

Correct. You'll see individual instances of recurring items only in the
day/week/month view. There's no other built-in way to see them.

Also note: The newsgroup interface you are using apparently does not quote
earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so short on
detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking for. Please take
the time to quote the original message.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"lovnlife" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Sue,
>
> Thanks again. I had gotten to that stage. The problem I am having is
that recurring items only list under their start and end date. It's the in
between dates that I am targeting, and an appointment only shows up under
the dates that it starts and ends. I've tried making a custom view, but
none of the items that I have added, show individual dates of recurrence.
What I want is to take an individual date, convert that to a table, showing
only the appointments and tasks for that date (or at least including all of
them for that individual date), and then be able to quickly delete as many
as I need.
>
> Thanks

In the case of recurring appointments, you have to do it individually. I'm
sorry I missed that nuance in your original question.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"lovnlife" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> OK.
>
> So, if the Day/Week/Month view is the only way to see individual
occurences of recurring aptmtm how can you quickly delete several/many/more
than one---at a time?? Can you put this view into table format? Orig
question is below, followed by the most recent reply.
>
> Thanks
> ---------------------
> Original Question:
>
> "I often have the need to clear all appointments or events from a single
day or week in Outlook. Is there a way to do an entire day or week at a
time, rather than opening each appointment, clicking "Delete", clicking
"this occurence", then repeating it for each entry??? This is quite
tedious, and there has to be a faster way!
>
> Thanks "
>
>
> ----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----
>
> Correct. You'll see individual instances of recurring items only in
the
> day/week/month view. There's no other built-in way to see them.
>
> Also note: The newsgroup interface you are using apparently does not
quote
> earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so short
on
> detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking for.
Please take
> the time to quote the original message.
>
>
> "lovnlife" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:589813C2-2290-4795-AA03-D80A79369009@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Sue,
> >> Thanks again. I had gotten to that stage. The problem I am
having is
> that recurring items only list under their start and end date. It's
the in
> between dates that I am targeting, and an appointment only shows up
under
> the dates that it starts and ends. I've tried making a custom view,
but
> none of the items that I have added, show individual dates of
recurrence.
> What I want is to take an individual date, convert that to a table,
showing
> only the appointments and tasks for that date (or at least including
all of
> them for that individual date), and then be able to quickly delete as
many
> as I need.
> >> Thanks
>
>
>

Well, that's disappointing! Thanks for your hel