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Try forcing it. &nbsp;Go to File|Data File Mangagement, choose your PST, click Settings then Compact Now
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Try forcing it.  Go to File|Data File Mangagement, choose your PST, click Settings then Compact Now

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Compacting would probably help, but my question is WHY does the file size increase when emails are deleted? 
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Compacting would probably help, but my question is WHY does the file size increase when emails are deleted?

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TWBit: No, I checked only the full PST file. Now see where I can check the sub folders: will do so next time. <br />
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War1: Checked it just now: PST is 172 Megs. I expected the size to shrink after deleting the trash.... Perhaps I need to restart the service / reboot the PC for the change to take effect? &nbsp;<br />
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Also time to compact as suggested: I generally do that once a month but no reason not to now. &nbsp; :]<br />
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Thanks for the thoughts. 
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TWBit: No, I checked only the full PST file. Now see where I can check the sub folders: will do so next time.

War1: Checked it just now: PST is 172 Megs. I expected the size to shrink after deleting the trash.... Perhaps I need to restart the service / reboot the PC for the change to take effect?  

Also time to compact as suggested: I generally do that once a month but no reason not to now.   :]

Thanks for the thoughts.

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Back up the DBX file before you compact. &nbsp;Compacting can corrupt DBX files. &nbsp;
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Back up the DBX file before you compact.  Compacting can corrupt DBX files.  

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I just deleted 13000 emails from my Deleted Items folder. I was watching the size of the PST file to see what impact that deletion had. &nbsp;Running Outlook 07 on XP SP2.<br />
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The PST file went from 277 megs to 297 megs. <br />
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Why would it grow when items are deleted? <br />
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I just deleted 13000 emails from my Deleted Items folder. I was watching the size of the PST file to see what impact that deletion had.  Running Outlook 07 on XP SP2.

The PST file went from 277 megs to 297 megs. 

Why would it grow when items are deleted? 




PST File Grows

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.