How To Fix The Outlook Mailbox Is Full Error

hi and welcome to another video by wondershare  repair it in today's video if your outlook mailbox   is full we're gonna run you through four  methods to reduce your outlook mailbox size before we show you how to fix outlook mailbox  errors please give this video a thumbs up   and subscribe to our youtube channel with  notifications turned on so you get notified   whenever we post new videos like this one when  microsoft increased the size of pst files back   in outlook 2016 many users started receiving  the error message saying your mailbox is full   you can't send new messages this error appears  when the outlook pst file reaches its maximum   storage capacity and to resolve the issue you'll  have to reduce the size of your outlook mailbox   so without further ado let's discuss how  you can fix the outlook mailbox can't send   message error and we'll kick things off by  investigating the root cause of the issue before we resolve the outlook mailboxes  full and can't send new messages error   we need to diagnose what the problem is  first this outlook problem can be caused   by a variety of logical or application  based faults so let's investigate after extensive use your outlook account  might have run out of accessible space   as you might be aware microsoft only gives 15  gigabytes of free space for each outlook account   and that can run out pretty  quickly to check your storage   simply run outlook on your computer  and navigate to account settings   you can use this to determine whether or not  your outlook account storage capacity has run out even if your outlook inbox is empty you might  still be seeing the limited storage error   which could be due to an abundance of garbage  or transitory data in your outlook account   so remember just because your account's  rubbish isn't in the main inbox   it doesn't mean it's not taking  up storage space in outlook aside from user related issues or human  errors the problem might be caused by a   malfunctioning application for example if  you haven't updated outlook in a long time   or you're running a faulty version  of the app the error might occur   furthermore operating outlook in an unsupported  environment can also cause these issues have you installed any third-party  add-ins or plugins on your outlook account   this could be another reason for certain  logical problems with your account   the good news is that simply removing  these defective add-ins or plug-ins   normally resolves the outlook mailboxes full  and can't send new messages error now that   you know the possible causes of the outlook  mailbox error let's run through how to fix it as we've already covered in this video  the main cause of the outlook mailbox   error is the outlook pst file surpassing  its capacity limit as a result reducing   the size of your mailbox can resolve the issue  so here's a few different ways you can do this the first thing you can do to reduce the size  of your mailbox is to archive outdated items   here's how to do that in five simple  steps open outlook and go to file info   tools and choose clean up old items select the  archive this folder and all subfolders option   and the folder you want to archive enter a date  in the archive items older than field to archive   particular folders check the include items  with do not auto archive option and click on ok emptying the deleted items and rubbish email  folders in outlook is another way to reduce your   mailbox size and to make this process even easier  you can choose to automatically empty the deleted   items folder when you quit or exit outlook here's  how open outlook click on file choose options and   navigate to the advanced tab select empty deleted  items folder when exiting outlook from the outlook   start and exit menu click the ok button to apply  these changes if you want to manually clear your   deleted items folder simply right click on it  and select empty folder from the shortcut menu attachments should not be saved in  outlook instead save them somewhere   on your hard drive such as your documents  videos or photos folder here's how   select the attachment you want  to save outside your mailbox   choose save as and browse to the location on your  hard drive where you wish to save the attachment   and don't forget to delete any attachments  you save outside your mailbox from outlook another way to resolve the outlook mailbox's full  error message is by deleting large outlook emails   and attachments here's how to do that in four easy  steps launch outlook navigate to your folders list   click on the arrow next to search folders and  choose new search folder go down the list and   under organizing mail select large mail then  under customize search folder click choose   in the show mail greater than box enter  a size and click ok click ok once more   and a folder will be created under search  folders when you get a mailbox full error   go to search folders pick the newly formed  folder and delete any unnecessary emails you can also use outlook cleanup tools to  minimize the size of your mailbox by going to   file info tools and selecting mailbox cleanup  select view mailbox size to see what's taking   up the most space and you can then use the find  feature to locate those files and clean them up when you've exhausted all the outlook inbuilt  repair techniques and you're still experiencing   the outlook mailboxes full error there's  one tool that can help wondershare repair   for email will assist you in repairing the  problem in just a few clicks here's how to use   this great tool called want to share apparent  for email to fix your outlook email problem   on your mac or pc download one  to share apparent for email   run wondershare repair it for email and choose  select file to add the corrupted pst files after selecting the files from  the desired place click the repair   option you can add a single  email or a group of emails   after the repair is complete repair allows you  to preview the repaired outlook mailbox data   choose what you wish to save and then click on the  save button to save the repaired pst file to your   pc this brings us to the end of the video in most  circumstances simply reducing the size of your   mailbox will resolve the outlook mailboxes full  problem but if it doesn't help don't worry just   use wondershare repair it for email to easily fix  any problems you're having with your outlook pst   files want to share a pair for email we'll easily  fix your pst files and resolve the issue let me   know in the comment section down below if you  have any other methods to solve this problem and   don't forget to like this video and subscribe to  our youtube channel with notifications turned on   so you don't miss out on any future updates i  look forward to seeing you in the next video you

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Length: 8min 2sec (482 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 14 2022