How do I consolidate archive folders in Outlook?

[Avalete]

My Outlook Mail Folders List contains 5 folders titled "Archive Folders."
Each of these contains a folder which I archived along with a Deleted Items
Folder and Search Folders. I want to consolidate all my archived folders
into a single "Archive Folders" so that when I click the +, I see all 5 of my
archived folders in one group. I am able to move folders within these 5
"Archive Folders" but I am not able to delete the empty folders which are
left.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

My Outlook Mail Folders List contains 5 folders titled "Archive Folders."
Each of these contains a folder which I archived along with a Deleted Items
Folder and Search Folders. I want to consolidate all my archived folders
into a single "Archive Folders" so that when I click the +, I see all 5 of
my
archived folders in one group. I am able to move folders within these 5
"Archive Folders" but I am not able to delete the empty folders which are
left.

First, check which archive PST is the active one by visiiting
Tools>Options>Other>AutoArchive. Open a folder in one of the other Archives.
Select all the items in it with Ctrl-A. Click Edit>Move (or Copy) to Folder
and specify the corresponding folder in the active Archive PST (the one you
found on the AutoArchive dialogue). For the Calendar, you'll need to switch
to a table view like By Category before Ctrl-A will work. Do that for all of
the folders in the first archive PST. When done, right-click its root and
choose Close. Now repeat the process for each of the other non-active archive
PST. When yo're finished, all of your archived data will be in set of archive
folders.

You cannot delete any of the default folders if Outlook had created them, but
by closing the non-active archives you won't see any of their folders.