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Delete items from a public folder

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Use this code to delete the contents of a specific public folder.

To delete everything in the currently selected folder, use
Set delContents = Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder
instead of the Set delContents = olns.Folders line.

To use with deeper folder paths, you need to add more .Folders("MySubfolder"):
Set delContents = olns.Folders("Public Folders - alias@domain.com").Folders("All Public folders").Folders("Myfolder").Folders("MySubfolder").Folders("MySubfolder").Folders("MySubfolder")

Delete items from a folder

Public Sub DeleteItemsInFolder()
Dim delContents As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim item As Object
Dim entryID As String

' Replace to use array
Set olns = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")

Set delContents = olns.Folders("Public Folders - alias@domain.com").Folders("All Public folders").Folders("Myfolder").Folders("MySubfolder")

For i = delContents.Items.Count To 1 Step -1
    delContents.Items(i).Delete    
Next
' end replace 

Set item = Nothing
Set delContents = Nothing
Set olns = Nothing

End Sub

Use an array to delete items from multiple subfolders

If you want to delete the contents of several subfolders, you can use an array to walk the folders. Replace the code above, from the Set olns line to Next, with this block. Enter the folder names in the Array, comma-separating the list.


Dim arrFolder As Variant

Set olns = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")

arrFolder = Array("Contacts1", "Contacts2")

For F = LBound(arrFolder) To UBound(arrFolder)

Set delContents = olns.Folders("Public Folders - alias@domain.com").Folders("All Public folders").Folders("TestDelete").Folders(arrFolder(F))
For i = delContents.Items.Count To 1 Step -1
    delContents.Items(i).Delete
Next
 
Next F

More Information

To use a variable for the public folder path, so it works with any user's profile, see How to get reference to Public Folder Store using Outlook Object Model for Outlook 2010?

Delete items from a public folder was last modified: February 13th, 2018 by Diane Poremsky
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About Diane Poremsky

A Microsoft Outlook Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 1999, Diane is the author of several books, including Outlook 2013 Absolute Beginners Book. She also created video training CDs and online training classes for Microsoft Outlook. You can find her helping people online in Outlook Forums as well as in the Microsoft Answers and TechNet forums.

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