Compress pst files to reduce its size
PST files are the most important component of Outlook application as it is responsible for storing the all the personal information of the users including mails, appointments, notes, tasks and other data. Therefore, there are possible chances that they get oversized and can lead to the slow performance issues of Outlook. So, in that situation it becomes necessary to compress pst files in order to reduce its size for the proper functioning of Outlook.
Compressing pst files direct you to following benefits:
- Helps in improving the performance of Outlook to a large extent
- Assists in reducing the size of the PST files
- Avoid the problem of corruption and data loss situation
To attain these benefits, you should compact pst files or delete some useless mails at regular intervals so that it does not exceeds its storage capacity. You can split pst files by following these below manual steps:
- Go to File menu and select the file management option available there.
- Now select the personal folder that you want to compact
- Click on the settings button and after that select the General tab
- There, click on the Compact now button. As you click on the button, Outlook starts compacting the pst file
- Then after, hit on the OK button and lastly click the Close button.
This is how you can manually compress pst files and can reduce the size of large outlook files. When you go after these steps, the items marked for deletion gets permanently deleted and consequently the size gets reduced leading to improved performance of Outlook.
Beside this, you can also go for Stellar phoenix PST splitter tool that aims to split oversized pst file into smaller divisions on the basis of different criteria. It divides the pst files without making any loss thus ensures for complete safety.
