Outlook+PST+file+to+large

Outlook PST file to large

There was a lady called Rosy-O-Grady in the PC PRO forum who complained that her PST file was to large and irrespective of whatever she did, e.g. delete, it remained large.

Then along came a knight in shining armour and saved her. He was called :- Cecil_EPU

No, she wasn’t in a locked up tower but almost. Now lie still and listen.

His solution was to compact the PST file as follows.

Go to the Folder List Right-click Personal Folders Choose Properties for Personal Folders Select Advanced Click Compact Now

Note: This will take some time even on a fast machine.

When able, dismiss the dialogue box Then click Folder Size button

The resulting effect is that the PST file should be smaller

A further note was added by his Squire LTC-UK

When deleting, ensure that you have cleaned out your Items folder, if you do not the PST file will stay the same.

Then the Squire’s Groom said:-

Archiving (File > Archive...) will create another PST file with all your old data. You can then zip up or throw away as necessary and remove that same data from your "Working" PST file, shrinking it considerably.

Now, settle down and go to sleep like good little children 