Why are my Outlook emails not deleting?

If you are unable to delete emails from a given Outlook folder (not just certain emails), most likely that folder is locked because it is being used by a 3rd party application (for example, it may be scanned by an anti-virus program). Restarting Windows should fix it.

How do I delete thousands of unread emails in Outlook?

Go to Home > Filter Email > Unread, all other emails will be filtered out, and you can use the Scope feature here as well. Once you have your list of unread emails, select the first one and press Ctrl + Shift + End to select all the other ones, then hit the Delete key.

How do I fix Outlook glitch?

How to Fix Common Outlook Problems

1. Start Outlook In Safe-Mode.
2. Run The Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant.
3. Run The Inbox Repair Tool.
4. Repair Office.
5. Remove Outlook From Your Startup Folder.
6. Stop Performing a Send/Receive When Exiting Outlook.
7. Update All Your Add-Ins.
8. Try It On a Another Machine.

How do I delete an email that won’t delete?

Method 2 – Hard delete the message You can also “hard delete” the message by holding the SHIFT button while clicking on the Delete button or using the Delete button on your keyboard. This message will now skip the Deleted Items folder and will directly be permanently deleted.

How do I delete emails from server in Outlook 2016?

Follow these steps in Outlook 2013 or 2016: Select your mailbox and click on “change”. Click in the bottom right on “More settings” and go to the “Advanced” tab. Under “Delivery”, check the options “Leave a copy of messages on the server” and “Remove from server after removal from ‘deleted items’”.

How do I get rid of ghost emails in Outlook?

Method 1 Use Inbox Repair Tool to remove Ghost Emails from Outlook

1. Close Outlook.
2. Go to This PC and select Local Disk (C: ) drive.
3. Navigate to:
4. Double click on Scanpst and enter the name of the corrupted PST file.
5. Click Start to start the scan.
6. Click on Repair option to fix the corrupted file.

Why does my Outlook show I have 1 unread email?

The issue is to do with the Outlook App filtering email incorrectly, so that there is always an unread email showing in Outlook that you cannot find. To locate and delete/mark as read this one pesky email, you will need to access your emails online to locate and retrieve it.

How do I delete my unread emails all at once?

Click Search.

1. Use the master check box at the top of the page to select all the emails on that page.
2. Now a new option is shown below that master check box: All 50 conversations on this page are selected.
3. Click the option to select all conversations found.
4. Press/choose the Trash icon to delete.

Why am I having so many problems with Outlook?

Installing too many add-ins can make Outlook slow too. Other reasons that may cause the email application to crash or halt its working are a corrupt Outlook profile, corruption in Outlook data file, etc. If disabling the add-ins doesn’t help solve the issue, try re-creating your Outlook profile.

Why is Outlook not sending my emails?

Most likely there is a communication problem between Outlook and your outgoing mail server, so the email is stuck in Outbox because Outlook can’t connect to your mail server to send it. – check with your email address provider and make sure your mail server settings are up to date.

How do I force Outlook to delete emails?

Open the Inbox folder, select to highlight the email messages in the Inbox folder that you will delete permanently, and press the Shift + Delete keys at the same time. 2. In a pop-up warning dialog box, click the Yes button. Then all selected email messages in the Inbox folder are deleted permanently.