Outlook Email Auto-Archive
Sep 23, 2026
To reduce storage and improve sustainability, Outlook emails older than 2 years will be automatically archived in a mirrored folder structured to your inbox. You will be able to find them by clicking on the “Archive” folder. These emails are not deleted. Learn more about how to search the Outlook Archive in this article (sign on required). When you search your inbox (both the web and desktop versions of Outlook), archived emails will still be included in the results.
You will see this change in your inbox during the first week of October. It should not change how you use Outlook or the quality of your email experience, but it will help reduce the university’s storage impact.