Delete Archve & Sweep: Cleaning up your inbox

Use Sweep to quickly delete unwanted email in your Inbox.

1. Select the email sender that you want to do a mass clean up on.

2. On the Home tab, select Sweep.

3. Note: The Sweep option isn't available from the following folders: Junk Email, Drafts, Sent Items, and Deleted Items.

4. Choose how you want to clean up the email messages.

5. Move to Delete items, Archive or selected folder.

Use the Customize actions and shortcut keys to delete and archive.

Important note on Archive. New Outlook as of April 2024 does not bring over your archived files and if you revert back to the Classic Outlook you will loose your archived files. Microsoft is reported to update this in future Outlook releases.

1. Use the Customize actions in Settings. Add the Delete & Archive icon so it will appear. Quick actions appear beside sender names and subject lines in your message list.

1. Delete = Ctrl + D

2. Archive = Backspace key