You can find this option by opening this item and then choose Excluded from AutoArchiveĪ specific item will not be archived when the property is set to exclude it from AutoArchive.
Outlook 365 search not working archive#
In this case, Outlook will automatically disable the client-side archiving options and archive according to corporate policies set on the Exchange server.
In this, you can ask your manager or mail administrator about the corporate policy for archiving what should be kept how long and where should it be stored instead?Īnother reason for the option to go missing is when you have an Exchange account and Online Archive has been enabled for you on the Exchange server. This is quite common practice as it could lead to pst-files scattered around clients and thus decentralized management. If you cannot find the AutoArchive and Archive settings in the aforementioned locations and you are working in a corporate environment, it could have been disabled by your administrator as a Group Policy. When Archiving is in progress, it is displayed in the Status Bar.
Outlook 365 search not working manual#
You can set default AutoArchive settings but also overrule them on a per-folder level or via a manual Archive. AutoArchive and Archive are options in Outlook to automatically or manually initiate moving of Outlook items to an Outlook Data File (pst-files) based on preconfigured settings.