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Turn Off “This will be permanently deleted” Message in Outlook

Turn Off “This will be permanently deleted” Message in Outlook

October 21, 2018 by Mitch Bartlett 3 Comments

If you’re tired of the “This will be permanently deleted. Continue?” message from popping up while deleting items from Microsoft Outlook 2019, 2016 or 365 for Windows, you can disable this prompt and prevent it from ever appearing again with these steps.

Outlook Permanently Delete

  1. From Outlook, select “File” > “Options“.
  2. Select “Advanced” in the left pane.
  3. Scroll down to the “Other” section, then uncheck the “Prompt for confirmation before permanently deleting items“.
    Outlook Delete Prompt setting

Now Outlook will no longer bothering you with the prompt.


FAQ

Is there a way to do this in Outlook for macOS?

There does not appear to be a way to turn off this message in the macOS version of Outlook.

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Comments

  1. Dipa says

    April 6, 2021 at 1:17 pm

    This worked 2 weeks ago and no it’s requiring a confirmation. HELP!

  2. Lee Gommel says

    March 20, 2021 at 9:20 am

    I don’t have and options prompt in files to accomplish this. My version of Outlook I believe is 4.2. Can you still assist in helping me delete the need to permanently delete?

  3. Michael West says

    May 4, 2019 at 6:39 am

    It works for SHIFT + DELETE shortcut but not for “Quick Step” icon.

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