How do I remove stored email from windows 10 after removing the accounts

[rohitjain02]

Hey there,
I want to delete my company's stored email. I have already removed the email accounts set in my windows 10, however my storage says it still has 22.2GB worth of email stored. i don't know how to delete it since the email accounts are no longer in sync, where do I find these email to be deleted? thanks in advance!

 

[Bramling Cross]

Looks like we've got a free thread, folks.

 

[Snuffy]

“It’s like, tryin’ to get whiskey,
ohhhh, from a bottle ‘o wine”

I will attempt an answer on one condition - your next “is this infected?”inquiry must be posted on a Microsoft support forum.

Search your hard drive for *.ost files. May need to change your view to show hidden files.

 

[Pkrd]

You must have at least one email in there from a Nigerian Prince. I'm sure he can help you.

 

[Snuffy]

 

[passedpawn]

If you used outlook for your email, the PST file is stored in a location that you can find by going into the outlook settings, but default is C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. Delete all PST files there.

I have hauled along all the emails I've ever sent since the dawn of the internet. So I can't imagine deleting anything. But if it seems urgent to you to erase all, then the hard drive must be removed and tossed into the fires of Mount Doom, in Mordor.

 

[day_trippr]

lmao! That was awesome!

Inspired by that - and now being fully retired for a year - I just archived my various corporate Outlook message stores (tip: they're not all in the .pst files - big stuff goes elsewhere) going back through my career trajectory to when Outlook actually became a thing - and blew it all away.

Felt good

Cheers!