Overview: How to Delete Email Messages in Outlook 2021
This guide explains How to Delete Email Messages in Outlook 2021 step‑by‑step and why it matters for security, uptime, and performance. It’s written for small and medium businesses that rely on Blackhawk MSP for proactive, managed IT support in the Bay Area and beyond.
- ✅ Clear, actionable steps
- ✅ Best‑practice notes from our MSP engineers
- ✅ Links to related services and help
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You can easily remove email in Outlook 2021.
If you use the POP email protocol, the email will only be removed from Outlook 2021 and remain on the mail server. With IMAP, email is deleted on both Outlook 2021 and the mail server.
1. Open Outlook 2021.
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2. Go to Inbox, right-click on the message you want to remove and click on Delete.

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