How to make Outlook auto remove mail from the server

To save space on the server, you may want to edit your email client setting to auto delete email from the server once it has been downloaded to your local machine.

An example of how to do this in Outlook Express...

1.. Start Outlook Express
2.. Click "Tools" menu bar and select "Accounts"
3.. Click "Mail" tab
4.. Double click the email account you need to edit
5.. Click the "Advanced" tab
6.. Near the bottom of this window, uncheck the box labeled "Leave a copy of messages on server"
7.. Click "OK"
8.. Click "Close"
9.. Click "Send/Recv"

To do this is a modern version of Outlook (2010)

1.. Start Outlook
2.. Click "File" menu bar and click "Account Settings" and then the "Account Settings" pop down menu.
3.. Select the mail account from the list and click "Change..."
4.. Click "More Settings..."
5.. Click the "Advanced" tab
6.. Under the Delivery heading uncheck the box "Leave a copy of messages on the server".
7.. Click "OK", "Next", "Finnish" and then "Close".
8.. Click "Send/Recv"

 

An example of how to do this in Outlook (2007)...

1.. Start Outlook
2.. Click "Tools" menu bar and select "Account Settings"
3.. Select the mail account from the list and click "Change..."
4.. Click "More Settings..."
5.. Click the "Advanced" tab
6.. Under the Delivery heading uncheck the box "Leave a copy of messages on the server".
7.. Click "OK", "Next", "Finnish" and then "Close".
8.. Click "Send/Recv"


An example of how to do this in Outlook (2002/XP)...

1.. Start Outlook
2.. Click "Tools" menu bar and select "Email Accounts"
3.. Make sure "View or change existing e-mail accounts" is selected and click "Next"
4.. Double click the email account you need to edit
5.. Click the "More settings" button
6.. Click the "Advanced" tab
7.. Near the bottom of this window, uncheck the box labeled "Leave a copy of messages on server"
8.. Click "OK"
9.. Click "Next"
10.. Click "Finish"
11.. Click "Send/Recv"

 

An example of how to do this in Outlook (98/2000)...

1.. Start Outlook
2.. Click "Tools" menu bar and select "Accounts"
3.. Select the Account from the list and click "Properties"
4.. Select the "Advanced" tab.
5.. Near the bottom of this window, uncheck the box labeled "Leave a copy of messages on server"
6.. Click "OK"
7.. Click "Close"
8.. Click "Send/Recv"

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