How To Permanently Delete Imap Mails in Outlook
You are here because mostly probably you are not able to permanently delete your IMAP mails in the outlook. When you delete the mails it just gets strike through it, right? The problem is, outlook does not delete the email permanently in the server until we purge it. To do this you have to follow the below steps which is on outlook 2003 and should be slightly differ in other outlook versions.
To permanently remove your deleted emails, choose Edit | Purge Deleted Messages.
To add the Purge Deleted Messages button to your Outlook toolbar:
- Choose View | Toolbars > Customize…
- Choose the Commands tab and click on the Edit Category.
- Scroll down the commands list and select Purge Deleted Messages.
Click and drag the Purge Deleted Messages button to the toolbar at the top of the screen and drop it next to the Delete button.
Your Toolbar should be looking like the below snap.
When ever you deletet the IMAP emails and see a line through it just click on the “purge deleted mail” button in the toolbar, thatz it.. Your IMAP mails are now permanently deleted on the server.
