Policy

Turn on purge when switching folders

Microsoft Office

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Turn on purge when switching folders
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Microsoft Outlook 2016 > Account Settings > IMAP
Supported on
Windows7

When "purge on switch" is enabled, IMAP e-mail messages marked for deletion in the current folder will be permanently removed from the server when the user switches to another folder. This setting will allow you to enable the IMAP "purge on switch" feature.

Internal name
L_Turnonpurgewhenswitchingfolders
Policy ID
3ca015b6ce54
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options\mail
Value name
enablepurgeonswitch
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options\mail
Value name
enablepurgeonswitch
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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