This tutorial shows you how to enable autoarchive and change the autoarchive settings on a folder.

Enable Autoarchive

1. Go to Tools, Options, Other tab, Autoarchive (Outlook 2007 and earlier). In Outlook 2010, go to File, Cleanup, Autoarchive to open the dialog.
2. Turn on Autoarchive (1)
3. Change the default settings, if desired. This is the setting that will be applied to all folders if you click the button to apply it to all folders. For this reason, it should be set to at least 12 – 24 months if you are using Autoarchive. (2)
4. This is the location of the archive folder. Global setting should be to archive to the Archive PST. (3)

Per-folder Settings

You can override any of the default settings on individual folders.

Each folder that will use settings different from the global settings will need to be configured individually. To do this, right click on the folder and choose Properties, then AutoArchive tab.

You can use this method to delete junk mail and deleted items. Set it to AutoArchive items older that a day or two and to permanently delete the items it removes. For best results, you should have AutoArchive run every day or so. This is set in Tools, Options, Other tab, AutoArchive.

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Last reviewed on Aug 28, 2011