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Setup Outlook to Delete Mails from Server

Configuring your email client: Delete Mails off Server

This article will assist you in setting up Microsoft Outlook to remove a copy of the messages on the server, once it is downloaded to your computer.

1. Open Microsoft Outlook. Once open, click on Tools > E-mail Accounts.
   

   

2. Select View or change existing e-mail accounts and click Next.
   

   

3. Highlight the account you would like to edit and click the button which says Change.
   

   

4. On the next screen, which contains the incoming and outgoing server information, click the button which says More Settings.
   

   

5. Click on the tab which says Advanced.
   

   

6. Remove the tick mark next to "Remove from server after ___ days"
7. Remove the tick mark next to "Remove from server when deleted from 'Deleted Items"
8. Remove the tick mark next to Leave a copy of messages on the server.
9. Now click OK, then Next, then Finish.
   

   

10. You have now set Microsoft Outlook to remove a copy of the messages on the server, once it has downloaded to your computer.