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Microsoft Outlook stands as one of the oldest email client applications for computers in the market. Over the years, this email client application has evolved both in features and user interface. To utilize Outlook, users need to sign up for Outlook usage, and the process of registering for Outlook is straightforward through a few steps.
The user interface of Outlook 2016 differs significantly from the user interface of Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2007. Due to changes in the user interface, options and settings have been moved and rearranged to different locations.
Guide on How to Stop Saving Sent Emails in Outlook 2016
If your computer hasn't installed Outlook 2016 yet, you can download the application to your device and install it here: Download Outlook 2016
Follow the steps below to stop saving sent emails in Outlook 2016
First, open Outlook and access File =>Options. On the screen, the Outlook Options window will appear. Here, you select the Mail tab. This tab contains a long list of settings you can modify.
Scroll down and locate the setting named Save messages.
Here, you have 3 options to control the saving of emails and messages in Outlook. The first option is named Automatically save items that have not been sent after this many minutes. This option is for emails or messages that fail to send or take a long time to send. In both cases, it's recommended to automatically save these messages. Additionally, you can adjust the delay time for sending an email or message in Outlook before saving it.
The second option is called Save forwarded messages. You can uncheck this option and prevent the saving of forwarded emails or messages. Copies of the original emails still reside in the inbox. If during the forwarding process, you save those emails as sent items, it means you've saved the same email twice. The only reason to save a forwarded email is to retrieve and use it in certain cases.
The third option is Save copies of messages in the Sent Items folder. Uncheck this option to stop saving sent emails in Outlook 2016. This won't affect forwarded emails.
In older versions of Outlook, there is an option that allows users to choose whether to save the sent email or not. However, this new option is somewhat inconvenient, and to access and use it, you will have to perform additional steps. This new option will stop saving sent emails in Outlook.
If you want to save a sent email, you have to activate this option. The biggest limitation is that you have to save all emails, even those without value. At the very least, the only thing you can do is to stop saving forwarded messages.
When using Outlook, it's advisable for users to back up Outlook data to their computer to store important emails and prevent accidental deletions. Backing up Outlook data is a simple method that brings peace of mind to users.
Currently, Gmail is the world's leading email service. When using Gmail, users can automatically back up Gmail emails to their computer, ensuring safety and not losing any important emails. To use Gmail, users need a Gmail account through Gmail registration.
