Ryan's answer works with some modifications Is there a more convenient way to replicate Gmail's archive behavior in Outlook 2013? However, this still isn't as convenient as Gmail's dedicated archive button My current workaround has been to create a new folder titled "Archive", then drag and drop messages I want to archive. This leads me to believe that Outlook's archive option isn't equivalent to Gmail's archive button. Select the Include items with “Do not AutoArchive” checked check box to include any items that might be individually marked to be excluded from automatic archiving.Īdditionally, Microsoft describes Outlook's archive feature as " An efficient way to reduce the size of your Outlook Data File or Exchange mailbox".If you do not want to use the default file or location, under Archive file, click Browse to specify a new file or location.Under Archive items older than, enter a date.Click the Archive this folder and all subfolders option, and then click the folder that you want to archive.In Outlook, Microsoft's official instructions for manually archiving messages are:
In Gmail, there's a single dedicated button for archiving messages: So far emails have been archived by the specified month (or year, date) already.I have some emails in Outlook which I want to remove from my Inbox without deleting. In the popping out Microsoft Outlook dialog box, please click the Yes button. (4) Click the Browse button to specify file name and saving folder for the archive file ħ. (3) Type Tomorrow in the Archive Items older than box (2) Click to select the new folder May in the below list box (1) Check the A rchive this folder and all subfolders option In the Archive dialog box, please do as below screenshot shown: Go ahead to click File > Info > Tools > Clean Up Older Items (or File > Info > Cleanup Tools > Archive). Now all search results are moved to the new Folder May. In the Create New Folder dialog box, please type a name ( May in my case) for the new folder in the Name box, select an email account in the Select where to place the folder list box, and click the OK buttons to close both dialog boxes.ĥ. In the Move Items dialog box, please click the New button. Note: You can select all emails in the mail list with selecting any email in the mail list and pressing Ctrl + A keys.ģ. Please select all search results, right click and select Move > Other Folder. Now all emails received in the specified month are found out in the mail list. (4) For searching emails by a certain date, says, please change the search criteria to received. (3) For searching emails by a certain year, says 2015, please change the search criteria to received. If you need to narrow the search scope and search emails in May of a certain year, such as 2016, you can change the search criteria to received. (2) received: May means search emails received in May of any years. Notes: (1) received: May means search emails received in May, you can change the May to other month name, such as Jan, Feb, etc. In the Mail view, type the search criteria received: May in the Instant Search box, and then specify the search scope in the Scope group on the Search tab. For example I need to archive emails received in May, I will show you the detailed steps to archive by the specified month/date/year in Outlook.ġ.