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OneDrive - Can't delete .pst file
Hello @everybody I've got a problem with a user in our domain. He safed some private files in his OneDrive and he also exported an outlook .pst file. The problem I have right now is that some...
- The size is growing because every time outlook touches the file it counts as a change and it’s resyncing another copy every single time it’s opened and closed etc. so this space is due to the version history copies.
Best I can guess you are not closing out of the outlook process when removing the pst from the OneDrive location. I would suggest removing the pst from outlook profile. And closing outlook. Wait for sync then remove the file.
The size is growing because every time outlook touches the file it counts as a change and it’s resyncing another copy every single time it’s opened and closed etc. so this space is due to the version history copies.
Best I can guess you are not closing out of the outlook process when removing the pst from the OneDrive location. I would suggest removing the pst from outlook profile. And closing outlook. Wait for sync then remove the file.
Best I can guess you are not closing out of the outlook process when removing the pst from the OneDrive location. I would suggest removing the pst from outlook profile. And closing outlook. Wait for sync then remove the file.
- Thanks for your response.
Yes indeed, that's right. I've seen the history copies and its an amount of around 500..
I've removed the .pst from the outlook profile, but it didn't change anything (atm).
Is there another option to (for example) force delete an .pst file?
Or is there no other option?
Kind regards
B_Gen
