Outlook Deleted Items: Is there anything in between always and never?

[Ketchup]

Let's say I want to keep my deleted items (in case I find something later in the week I need to check, etc), but not forever (I don't want it to grow indefinitely). Is there a way to tell Outlook to just deleted these after x number of days?

I see the Archive option, and that will work, I suppose, but ideally I just want to get rid of it.

 

[quikah]

I think you can do it with retention policies, but that is something that most Administrators will set to follow company policy, so probably not a solution for you.

 

[Ketchup]

Appreciate the comment. And you are correct that I don't have control over that policy.

 

[bruceb]

Not sure if this will work, as retention polices is normally part of an Exchange Mailbox, but you can try it and see:

Otherwise you can try this, using the Rules Wizard:


Make selections from “Which condition(s) do you want to check” and click Next.


On “What do you want to do with the message” window, Step 1: Select action(s), choose “apply retention policy.” Then, in bottom field, Step 2: Edit the rule…, click the blue “retention policy” link to set the length of time before purging.


Continue through Wizard until the Finish button is functional.

 

[Ketchup]

Hmm.. Looks like you are starting mid-way through a walkthrough. But there is no clue as to what this is a walkthrough of. You might do better to post a link to the page you got this off of. Thanks.

 

[bruceb]

I forgot exactly which link it was, but this one describes how to use the Rules Wizard to create a custom rule for Outlook
https://support.office.com/en-us/ar...ng-rules-c24f5dea-9465-4df4-ad17-a50704d66c59