Either way, make sure you do not select a network location as that is not supported. I recommend a folder called Outlook in your Documents folder.Choose a location and name for the archive file and a display name for it in Outlook when prompted.File-> Account Settings-> Account Settings…-> tab Data Files-> Add….
This way, you’d still have the original in case a merge goes wrong. Since you are going to create one big archive, I recommend that you start off with a new pst-file which will become your “Master Archive” and then copy the contents of all your archives into this single archive instead of appending any existing archive. File-> Open & Export-> Open Outlook Data File….Preparation: Opening archives to view its contentsĪs technically an archive is no different from any other pst-file, you can reconnect them to Outlook to access and view their contents via Sadly, there is no easy way to merge them directly but there are some workarounds for this.ĭepending on the amount of pst-files and their sizes, you can either combine them manually or use the Import/Export wizard to combine them into one big “Master Archive”.Īs an alternative, you could also use a 3rd party tool specialized in merging pst-files. I still use them as a reference sometimes and I'd like to combine them into one big archive as it is easier to manage and simplifies searching as well.
Over the years, I've created many archive files (I used to archive by month and then later by year as space became less of an issue).
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