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Split Outlook 2010 PST File by Year

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Hello all,

I basically use MS Outlook for my business purpose hence I used to receive about more than thousand messages everyday, due to which my PST file become very large sometimes. The problem is that each time my PST file crosses its limits, I have to archive that PST file and if I ever forget to archive my PST file, I’ve to experience performance issue while accessing emails in Outlook. So I want to ask that, Is that any way to split the PST file by archiving them not to some months but to year?

Henry Davidson

Asked May 28, 2016
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Verified by Edwin J. Hoffer, Expert · Reviewed May 2016
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Edwin J. Hoffer
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Hi Henry, nnIn Outlook, Archive is the feature by which you can split the large sized PST file by moving the old PST items (that are no longer used) into archive folder. You can AutoArchive or Manual Archive the unused PST file into archive folder but to save the time of archiving PST file each time it crosses its limits, you can split the PST file by using yearly archive feature. Follow the below shown steps to do that: nn
    nStart your MS Outlook >> click on File. nClick on Cleanup Tools >> click on Archive. nCheck the box to select Archive this folder and all sub folders. nLocate to Archive items older than and set the date >= one year back from the Received date. nSelect the option Include items with “Do not Auto Archive” checked. nClick on Browse and provide the location to save the archived PST file. nClick on OK to save archive settings.
nnSplit Outlook PST File using yaerly ArchivennEddie
May 28, 2016