Microsoft KB Archive/161210

= OL97: How to Delete an Entire Message Thread =

Article ID: 161210

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q161210





SUMMARY
You can use the grouping feature in Microsoft Outlook to easily delete an entire message thread. A message thread includes an original message and all of its replies and forwards.



MORE INFORMATION
Outlook refers to a message thread as a conversation. To delete an entire conversation, follow these steps:  Group all messages by conversation using one of the following two methods.

Method 1:  On the View menu, click Group By to open the Group By dialog box. In the first drop-down list, click Conversation. Click OK.

Method 2:  In the Current View drop-down list, click By Conversation Topic.</li></ul> </li> Click the conversation group header, and press DELETE.</li> In the "Are you sure that you want to permanently delete the selected item(s)?" box, click OK to delete the entire conversation.</li></ol>

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