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Disable permanently delete items warning message in Outlook

November 22, 2015 by Admin 18 Comments

Outlook displays a warning message when deleting outlook emails. It displays a dialog box with message “Are you sure that you want permanently delete the selected items” as shown below

Are you sure that you want to permanently delee the selected items in Outlook

This is very useful warning option for the users before deleting the mail items permanently. But If you do not want to see the permanently deleted warning message then turn off or disable this warning message.

Disable warning message in Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

Click on the File menu –> Options and navigate to Advanced tab.

Prompt for confirmation before permanently deleting items in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

Scroll down to Other section and clear the checkbox with label as Prompt for confirmation before permanently deleting items. Click OK to save the changes.

 

Turn off permanently delete warning message in Outlook 2007

This warning message can be disabled in Outlook 2007 by using Tools –> Options.

Go to Tools –> Options and select Other tab.

Outlook 2007 Advanced Optons

Click on the Advanced Options button. The following Advanced Options window would be displayed.

Outlook 2007 Warn before permanenly deleting items

Uncheck the “Warn before permanently deleting items” to disable the warning message.

Also See: How to turn off send without attachments warning message in Outlook

Filed Under: MS Office, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2016 Tagged With: delete mail items, Deleted Items, Disable, Outlook, Turn Off, Warning Message

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  1. Will says

    August 15, 2010 at 5:41 am

    Thank you for the help on deselecting the “confirmation before deleting” issue. It was right there is front of me the whole time. Thank Again.

    Reply
  2. Geoff says

    September 29, 2010 at 12:18 pm

    What Will said. Thanks.

    Reply
  3. Paul says

    October 24, 2010 at 12:28 pm

    Many thanks – I had me flummoxed too!

    Reply
  4. Virginia says

    December 30, 2010 at 3:24 pm

    Can anyone tell me PLEASE how to diable sound for deleted messages in outllok 2010.
    I tried the method above (file, options, advanced etc) but this oonly eliminates the confirmation box only.

    I NEED TO ELIMIANTE THE SOUND.
    Many thanks
    Virginia

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  5. Virginia says

    December 30, 2010 at 5:10 pm

    As I am a stuborn person I continued on trying various steps to ELIMINATE THE SOUND FROM OUTLOOK 2010 RECYCLE BIN which annoyed me – it is as follows:
    r/click on Desktop (a small selection box is dispalyed)
    click on Personalize
    click on Sounds (bottom of screen)
    click on Sounds tab top of dialog box
    under Sound Scheme choose No Sound (scroll down)
    Under Program Events chosoe Empty Recycle Bin (under Window Explorer)
    click on APPLY

    I hope this helped you

    Reply
  6. Virginia says

    December 30, 2010 at 9:09 pm

    Can anyone HELP me how to reset Word 2010 to print the first letter of a sentence in capital?
    Many thanks

    Reply
  7. robert says

    January 18, 2011 at 4:02 pm

    There is a bug in outlook 2010 confirmed by others on the web. Wondering if there is a solution yet?
    even though the empty delete folder box is checked by going to options, advance, check the box and ok, it does not delete and essentially is ineffective. Any cure? for now manually is the only way i can delete the delete folder.

    Reply
  8. Tom says

    August 26, 2011 at 8:14 pm

    Thanks, was wondering were the option was.

    Reply
  9. Jim says

    September 11, 2011 at 12:49 am

    In the new Outlook 2010 the Inbox and Sent Items has an option to DELETE ALL. This was formely greyed out in Outlook 2007. These appear to be dangerous buttons. Is there any way to grey them out?

    Reply
  10. Grant says

    May 25, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    Thank you so much for the help. I could find and correct this in XP, but could not find it in 2010!

    Reply
  11. Grant says

    May 25, 2012 at 9:03 pm

    Thank you so much for the answer, it drove me bonkers!

    Reply
  12. Tom says

    June 5, 2012 at 8:19 pm

    I did these steps and it STILL prompts me if I am sure that I want to permanently delete… Go figure.

    Reply
  13. Nicolas says

    September 7, 2012 at 12:09 am

    Just like Will…right in front of me the all time!

    Reply
  14. wayne parker says

    September 9, 2012 at 5:27 pm

    Thanks. Very helpful. Exactly what I was looking for. I needed to disable the prompt to empty the deleted folder when exiting Outlook, and this worked perfectly.

    Reply
  15. Matt Thomas says

    January 12, 2013 at 1:43 am

    Hello – is there a way to do this on Outlook for Mac?

    Reply
  16. s says

    November 11, 2015 at 12:09 am

    Thank you for the helpful tip!

    Reply
  17. Nijkerk says

    March 20, 2016 at 6:23 pm

    Thanks for this handy tip.

    Reply

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