{"id":684,"date":"2022-10-16T16:41:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T11:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msoutlooktools.com\/blogs\/?p=684"},"modified":"2022-10-17T17:43:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T12:13:12","slug":"compact-outlook-to-reduce-pst-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msoutlooktools.com\/blogs\/compact-outlook-to-reduce-pst-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Option to Compact Outlook & Reduce PST Size Automatically"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong>: Here, you will get the compact option to compress the size of Outlook files in a hassle-free manner.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

PST file is a database of Microsoft Outlook that shrinks and grows with every action. In the older version of the Outlook program (98, 2002, and 2003) users get a limited storage size of 2GB, while in the new version (2007, 2010, and 2013) users get a 20GB limit that can be extended up to 50 GB.<\/p>\n

However, PST file size grows up from duplicate emails, large-size attachments, infected files, and deleted items obtainable; hence it does not open properly in the Outlook mailbox background and gives a slow response, which is very irritating for you. So to prevent all this from happening compress the PST file, compress process basically removes the white space that gets created when a user permanently deletes an item. When more than 20% of the PST file\u2019s total size consists of white space Outlook will automatically shrink the PST file in the background.<\/p>\n

Steps to Compact Outlook PST File Manually<\/h2>\n

Step 1<\/strong><\/p>\n