Article ID: 813593 - Last Review: February 1, 2007 - Revision: 2.5

You receive error messages when you delete many messages in Outlook 2003

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to delete more than 4,000 messages at one time, you may receive one of the following error messages:
There is not enough memory available to perform the operation Some items could not be deleted.

They were either moved or already deleted, or access was denied.
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CAUSE

This problem occurs because Microsoft Outlook can handle a bulk deletion of no more than 4,000 messages when it is working with a server message store.
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WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, delete fewer than 4,000 messages in a single operation.
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
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