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outlook - delete message when closed

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by dfunks

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I would like to know if there is a way to tell outlook to permenantly delete the current message when it is closed.
Thank you,
Derrick

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by dennis_herr_jr

If you have the message selected in your list, hold down the shift key and hit delete. This will remove the email instead of placing it in the Deleted Items folder.

by anamika_f

Also you can choose the Empty the deleted items folder upon exiting option under TOOLS,OPTIONS, OTHER in Outlook. But this would still move your deleted files into deleted files folder. The only advantage is you dont have to manually empty that folder.

by suemvp

If you're doing this in code, use CDO rather than the Outlook object model to do the deletion. CDO will bypass the Deleted Items folder.

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