Best Solution to Compact an OST in Outlook

MS Outlook data files (.pst and .ost) size will increase when we send and receive mails and it will take time to open; hence it will affect the outlook performance. To overcome from this we can manually set the compact OST and PST files. During compacting OST file, outlook enables you to use the additional space, which is available in the MS Exchange OST file.

 

Quick Solution

EdbMails for OST to PST Converter is a free tool to convert orphaned OST Files to PST. Also, you can perform OST file migration to Live Exchange or to Office 365.

White Space in outlook:

It may be any of the deletion like soft deletion or hard deletion; it never removes the contacts, emails and any other in the mailbox. This deletion will not empty the space completely and such deletion makes data invisible and this is invisible and cannot be read. White Space can be generated by deleting permanently.

Procedures to Compact .Ost file In Microsoft Outlook

MS Outlook has “Compact Now” option which helps to reduce the outlook size. When you are using MS Exchange, you have to follow some steps to set the compact now in MS Outlook., This steps differs for different versions on outlook.

Steps to Compact .ost file in 2003 and 2007 outlook:

1. First go to menu Tools, and then Choose Account Settings
2. Secondly click on Microsoft Exchange and then Click on More Settings
3. After that Select the Advanced tab and select Offline Folder File Settings
4. Last Step Click on Compact Now

Steps to Compact .ost file in 2016, 2013 and 2010 Outlook

1. First Open the File tab, then click on Info, after that choose Account Settings.
2. Secondly Double click on the Microsoft Exchange and click on More Settings
3. After that select the Advanced tab and then select Outlook data file settings.
4. Finally click on Compact Now.

 

Quick Solution

EdbMails for OST to PST Converter is a free tool to convert orphaned OST Files to PST. Also, you can perform OST file migration to Live Exchange or to Office 365.

Alternate Solution:
Though above procedures are manual and it will be complicated to solve. For a better solution to convert OST to PST use EdbMails OST to PST Converter. This Converter will help you to fix issues in corrupted OST file and also export all mail data from OST file to store in a PST file that you can import to Outlook directly.