Tidying up at the start of the year: 3 tips to help you work even better with Outlook

Regularly cleaning out Outlook keeps your mail programme fast and your inbox manageable. Delete old emails via File > Tools > Mailbox Cleanup, search for messages over a year old, and remove what you no longer need. Next, search for emails with large attachments above 5 MB and clear those too. Finally, empty the Deleted Items folder and set Outlook to do it automatically on exit.
Tidying up at the start of the year: 3 tips to help you work even better with Outlook

Valerie O. asks:
My former colleague told me that he regularly tidies up his computer. He simply deletes old files. He also goes through Outlook with a broom. That’s why his Outlook is so well organized and very fast. Is this true and should I also tidy up my Outlook regularly? If so, how do I do this?

Hiroshi Nakanishi answers:
Dear Ms. O., yes, that’s right! You should regularly clean out your Outlook, for example at the beginning of ...

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