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Do I need an outlook .ost file?

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Mar 15, 202615567 views
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All my emails are stored on our exchange server, yet on one of my machines, there is an .ost file that is 2 GB in size. There is no reason at all to have this, as far as I know. What is the right way to delete it? Why does it even exist?

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The OST file is the offline folders file used when you enable Cached Exchange Mode. Disabling Cached Exchange Mode should make this file go away if you don't want/need it. The benefits of Cached Exchange Mode are in case the server is unavailable (e…

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