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I'm not sure whether Outlook is currently using auto_vacuum or not, but I have read reports of abnormally large Outlook database files which makes me suspect it's not always taking place as it should if it is even enabled.
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" Vacuuming" will rebuild the database file, reclaiming free space and defragmenting tables and index. (hence the very very strong suggestion to make a backup).

No problem within Outlook whatsoever on my Mac, but who knows. The database files used by Microsoft Outlook for Mac uses OLM file format for.

I ran the command in Outlook and the database shrunk a bit. Once the scanning and repair process is completed, you will get the. I figured that the same should apply to Outlook too. A number of websites have illustrated how "vacuuming" the envelope index could help speed things up and trim the database in Mail.
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(which is beyond the point of this post: search for your favorite sqlite How To or Forum page for additional information on how to repair a corrupted sqlite3 database). It might be worth attempting other "rescue" operations in these cases using additional commands like ".dump" etc. In theory, Outlook should detect issues and automatically attempt to fix them, but there are been reports in the forums of identity failures and users no longer able to open up their identities. If you get a warning there, then obviously something in wrong in the database. If everything is fine, the Terminal will return "OK" usr/bin/sqlite3 ~/Library/Group\ Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook\ 15\ Profiles/Main\ Profile/Data/Outlook.sqlite "PRAGMA integrity_check" (triple-click the command to select all, then copy)
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You can check the integrity of the database with the command: Next click on Rebuild Main Identity this will kick off a scan, verification and the move of your emails to a fresh new database file. You can't run anything safely on the identity if it's still in use in Outlook itself. Step 3: Get the backup of current identity. If your Outlook database is 1 GB, you need to have 3GB space for efficiency. That are in the ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/Main Profile/Data folder.Ģ) QUIT Outlook. This article describes how to rebuild the identity database to resolve problems of Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011. ********* NONE OF THIS IS PUBLISHED/APPROVED/SUPPORTED BY MICROSOFT FOR OUTLOOK FOR MAC *********Īs none of this is officially supported, I would recommend While there is very little we can run from the app itself in terms of maintenance or troubleshooting, in theory we should be able to tap straight into the database through sqlite3 itself. Outlook 2016 now uses a sqlite3 databases for its identity (just like Mail). Outlook 2011 had a proprietary database format and we (as users) had very few options to work with it. Press and hold the Option key and open Outlook. Rebuild the database for Outlook 2016 7.1. And here's how to rebuild your entire database in the same clients: Apple Mail: 1.
