Permanently remove all deleted content from PST and OST files
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User
Category
Microsoft Outlook 2016 > Miscellaneous > PST Settings
Supported on
Windows7

By default, a small percentage of deleted data is not overwritten in Outlook PST and OST files. By enabling this setting, all deleted data in PST and OST files is overwritten when users exit Outlook.

Internal name
L_Permanentlyremovealldeleteditems
Policy ID
9da4c130b9a9
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\pst
Value name
pstnullfreeonclose
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\pst
Value name
pstnullfreeonclose
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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