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Stop 30-day automatic cleanup of deleted outlook items in Personal / Family subscription

Olivarsson 0 Reputation points
2025-03-05T19:49:12.51+00:00

I have a personal / family Microsoft subscription with @outlook.com email. Outlook automatically empties the bin and permanently deletes emails older than 30 days. How do I stop this from happening?

AutoArchive setting is off, no other rule has been applied either.

Thank you.

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  1. SokiGuo-MSFT 31,031 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2025-03-06T07:02:30.81+00:00

    Hi @Olivarsson

    Looks like the issue is more related to your outlook.com account, please kindly understand that the Outlook tag here we mainly focus on general issues about Outlook desktop client. It's suggested that you could post your case in dedicated forum for Outlook.com for more professional advice.

    As far as I know, the Outlook desktop client can't modify the setting to automatically clean up deleted items for 30 days. This is the default. 

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