If you want to make your Outlook to automatically archive the old emails which are larger than a specific size, you can utilize the following means shared in this article.
From my previous article “How to Archive Outlook Emails Larger Than a Specific Size”, you can learn a standard way to archive large emails. However, it’s pretty tedious as it demands you to archive manually. In addition, it only permits you to archive the emails in one folder at a time. So, if you would like to let Outlook auto archive the large old emails in all mail folders, you have to seek other ways, such as the following one.
Auto Archive Old Emails Larger Than a Specific Size
- At the very outset, launch your Outlook application.
- Then access to the “Tasks” pane.
- Next you ought to create a recurring task with an enabled reminder.
- Firstly, click “New Task” button in ribbon.
- In the new Task window, enter a subject, such as “Auto Archive Large Old Emails”.
- Then click “Recurrence” button and set a task recurrence on basis of how often you want to auto archive.
- After that, enable a reminder as per the time you wish to auto archive.
- Lastly, click “Save & Close” button.
- Subsequently, after backing to the main Outlook window, you can press “Alt + F11” keys.
- And then you will enter the “Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications” window, in which you need to open the “ThisOutlookSession” project.
- After that, copy the following VBA code into this project window.
Dim objArchivePSTFile As Outlook.Folder Private Sub Application_Reminder(ByVal Item As Object) If TypeOf Item Is TaskItem And Item.Subject = "Auto Archive Large Old Emails" Then Call AutoArchiveOldEmails_LargerThanASpecificSize 'Dismiss the reminder Item.MarkComplete End If End Sub Private Sub AutoArchiveOldEmails_LargerThanASpecificSize() Dim objPSTFile As Outlook.Folder Dim objFolder As Outlook.Folder 'Open the specific Archive Outlook PST file in your Outlook Application.Session.AddStore "C:\Users\Test\Documents\Outlook Files\Archive.pst" Set objArchivePSTFile = Application.Session.folders("Archives") 'Specify the source Outlook PST file Set objPSTFile = Outlook.Application.Session.folders("John Smith") For Each objFolder In objPSTFile.folders Call ProcessFolders(objFolder) Next 'Remove the Archive PST file from your Outlook Application.Session.RemoveStore objArchivePSTFile End Sub Private Sub ProcessFolders(ByVal objCurrentFolder As Outlook.Folder) Dim i As Long Dim objMail As Outlook.MailItem Dim nDateDiff As Integer Dim lMailSize As Long Dim objArchiveFolder As Outlook.Folder Dim objSubfolder As Outlook.Folder 'Work on emails only If objCurrentFolder.DefaultItemType = olMailItem Then For i = objCurrentFolder.Items.count To 1 Step -1 If objCurrentFolder.Items(i).Class = olMail Then Set objMail = objCurrentFolder.Items(i) nDateDiff = DateDiff("d", objMail.SentOn, Now) 'Older than 30 days If nDateDiff > 30 Then lMailSize = objMail.Size lMailSize = (lMailSize / 1024) / 1024 'Larger than 2 MB If lMailSize >= 2 Then On Error Resume Next Set objArchiveFolder = objArchivePSTFile.folders(objCurrentFolder.Name) If objArchiveFolder Is Nothing Then Set objArchiveFolder = objArchivePSTFile.folders.Add(objCurrentFolder.Name) End If 'Archive it objMail.Move objArchiveFolder End If End If End If Next i End If 'Process subfolders recursively If objCurrentFolder.folders.count > 0 Then For Each objSubfolder In objCurrentFolder.folders Call ProcessFolders(objSubfolder) Next End If End Sub
- Later you should sign this code and change Outlook macro settings to enable signed macros.
- From now on, every time when the task reminder pops up, Outlook will auto archive the emails that are older than the predefined days and larger than a specific size.
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