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matthieuwa
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Mar 07, 2022

Outlook 2019 - Moving all emails from inbox to different folder

Hi All,

 

I'm currently trying to move all emails I have in my inbox to a folder I created called "DONE".

Problem is, I have about 60'000 emails and my outlook can't handle selecting so many emails. When it does, then it crashes when I tell it to move them to this "DONE" folder.

Moving the emails one by one would take me days, if not months!

 

I tried selecting a few at a time (approx. 200-300 emails) but then outlook takes about 5min to move these emails. This would also take me ages to fully move all emails.

 

I also tried setting a rule, saying to move all emails older than a specific date. The operation started but the loading bar was barely moving, suggesting it would take days to complete.

 

Does anyone have any other ideas or suggestions?

 

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I'm using Outlook 2019 (Version 1808 Build 10383.20027)

Using Windows 11 Pro

32GB RAM, 64-Bit Processor, 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1185G7 @3GHz

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