W. Reinke writes:

Subject: re can not delete email message

I also had this problem with only 2 emails that I could not do anything with, what I ended up doing was move all othe emails from the in box to a temporary folder, closing outlook express and then going to my computer- c drive - documents and settings - (my) user - local settings (which is a system folder)- application data - Idenities - Microsoft - Outlook express. in this folder are all of the .dbx folders. Delete the inbox.dbx folder. Open Outlook express it will automaticly make a new Inbox folder and you can move the other messages back in.

mary writes:

Subject: Can't delete any Emails

I came across the discussion above regarding not being able to delete a specific email. Well my problem is that I can't delete any emails at all in Outlook Express. Can you help me? Thank you.

Ronaldo writes:

Subject: Can't delete any Emails

A couples of weeks ago I wrote a comment about "Can't delete any Emails" responding for Mary. Did you received my comments? Thx Ronaldo

Kel Pearson writes:

Subject: can't delete emails in OExpress

I have followed your advice and deleted the DBX files (inbox) OE created a new inbox as stated but I still cannot delete any emails using the delete key or by right clicking and selecting delete from the dropdown box

does work but isn't very convenient. Any added suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am not "up there" with computer technology but can follow pretty straight forward instructions. Thanks in advance, Regards, Kel.

Kel Pearson writes:

Subject: Can't delete emails in O/Express

I have solved the problem. It was corrupted DBX files in the "deleted items folder". I think a previous article by W. Rienke is basically the same as what I did except I had to delete the "deleted items" folder. This is the process that I used. Open Outlook/Express, click on >tools >options >maintainance >store folder. When the store folder appears, copy the address. Click >cancel< to close the previous windows and close outlook express. Click on >start >run and paste the address that you copied into the "open" window. Click OK and your all of your folders will be shown. Delete your "deleted items" folder.(( Remember that all of the deleted items will be lost after doing this so make sure that there are none in there that you may want to retrieve. Move them to another folder if necessary.)) Outlook Express will create a new deleted items folder when it is restarted. When I was having my problem, hitting the "shift & delete" keys together would give me the option to permanently delete the selected message but the message is lost and if you delete a message by mistake,BAD LUCK, it's gone. Hope this helps anyone who is having the same problem as I did, Cheers< kel.

Jo Anna writes:

Subject: THIS WORKED !!

Oh Kel!! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH. Yours was the only fix that worked. God Bless you real GOOD ! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!!!

Dee writes:

Subject: Also worked

Ditto for me Kel!

Thanks

Kel Pearson writes:

Subject: Re thanks

Hi Jo-Anna and Dee, So glad to be of help to you both. I actually surprised myself when I worked it out as I am not a computer wizard or anything close to it. Hope you both have a very Merry Xmas and thank you for "Your Thanks" Regards, Kel.

phil writes:

Subject: Nice one Kel

Thanks Kel you're a star, I've had 2 nasty emails in my inbox for months, and now they're gonners! Cheers Phil.

Steve writes:

Subject: It Still Works!

Thanks. I had piles of emails I could not delete and they are goners!

Lisa writes:

Subject: Worked for me!

Thanks so much! This worked for me, too:)!

Stan writes:

Subject: Can Not Delete E-mails In Inbox

I just want to thank Kel I have been fighting this for weeks. Thanks again All the others boards say delete the In box you were the only one that said to Delete the Delete box. Thanks again your a life saver.

carey writes:

Subject: thanks!

I went in and just deleted all my 'deleted messages' from outlook express. i also cleaned out some of my other folders I didnt need anymore and everything works fine now. I think my Outlook was just overloaded

Deb writes:

Subject: deleting o/e messages.

Thank you so so much. This worked great and was easy for a non-tech person like my self to do.. Your a lifesaver...

Rich writes:

Subject: Delete Outlook Express Messages

Deleting the DeletedItems.dbx file worked great. Thanks.

Jeremy writes:

Subject: fixed

Before I looked at this I called COX... no help... Microsoft... no help... the computer manufacture... no help.. going to start going here first for now on lol.. Thanks a ton!

Joshy Zacariya writes:

Subject: Can Not Delete E-mails In Inbox - Another Solution

Hi, Here is another solution. It may be because of your deleted items folder is full. Try delete some files and compact the folder. This will workout.

Ron writes:

Subject: Unstuck mail

Thanks it worked for me. There was a huge amount of bytes in the deleted folder. My mail system works faster now as well.

Al writes:

Subject: Cannot Delete Outlook Express Messages

Deleting the DeletedItems.dbx file worked great. Thanks.

Keith writes:

Subject: Can't delete in OE

It's a long time since you posted it, but your advice was so simple and so effective - virtually an instant cure.

Thanks Kel - brilliant.

Keith

Jenni Merrill writes:

Subject: Deleting e-mails

I had a hard time finding the file but right clicked on my inbox and it led me straight there. Thanks!!! I've been super frustrated over this for a couple weeks now :-) Jenni