Deleting mail from the "deleted items" folder

[Guest]

I have over 2500 old emails in my deleted items folder in Outlook 2003. I
want to permanently delete most of those emails, but not all of them. How
can I get rid of about half of them without going through the list and
manually clicking each email? Is there a way to just get rid of certain
ones, say only those that are over three months old?
Thanks

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have over 2500 old emails in my deleted items folder in Outlook
2003. I want to permanently delete most of those emails, but not all
of them. How can I get rid of about half of them without going
through the list and manually clicking each email? Is there a way to
just get rid of certain ones, say only those that are over three
months old?

You have several options. One it to select a range of messages by clicking
the first in the range and holding down Shift while you click the last in
the range. This will select all messages between the two and you can then
delete them. The second is to use AutoArchive to delete messages older than
a certain time frame.

 

[Guest]

thanks Brian....I forgot about using the shift key to select a range of
entries.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Please note the icon for the deleted items folder - it is a trash can, not a
safe.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, bobman asked:

| I have over 2500 old emails in my deleted items folder in Outlook
| 2003. I want to permanently delete most of those emails, but not all
| of them. How can I get rid of about half of them without going
| through the list and manually clicking each email? Is there a way to
| just get rid of certain ones, say only those that are over three
| months old?
| Thanks

 

[Guest]

Milly, I have no idea what your response meant, but it wasn't needed.
Brian Tillman answered my question so no further comments were required.
Thanks,
Bob

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Whatever, just reminding you that trash is trash and should be taken out
immediately. If you want to keep items to mull them over, move them to
another folder. The trash can symbol for deleted items folder is a hint.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, bobman asked:

| Milly, I have no idea what your response meant, but it wasn't needed.
| Brian Tillman answered my question so no further comments were
| required. Thanks,
| Bob
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Please note the icon for the deleted items folder - it is a trash
|| can, not a safe.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, bobman asked:
||
||| I have over 2500 old emails in my deleted items folder in Outlook
||| 2003. I want to permanently delete most of those emails, but not
||| all of them. How can I get rid of about half of them without going
||| through the list and manually clicking each email? Is there a way
||| to just get rid of certain ones, say only those that are over three
||| months old?
||| Thanks