You can combine this method with the above 2 methods as well. To start Outlook in Safe Mode, hold the CTRL button on your keyboard when clicking on the Outlook shortcut and hold the CTRL button down until you see the dialog below and choose: Yes. Method 3 – Safe Modeīy Starting Outlook in Safe Mode, you’ll prevent the message from being locked by an add-in like for instance a virus scanner which integrates itself with Outlook (which is a good thing to disable anyway). Don’t forget to put Outlook back On-line again afterwards via the same instructions as above. You can try this in combination with method 1 as well. Now restart Outlook and see if you can delete it.
#Delete email stuck in outlook outbox Offline#
Ribbon tab: Send/Receive-> button: Work Offline Method 2 – Offline ModeĪnother quick and effective method is to put Outlook in Offline Mode. Now select the message and press DELETE or move it to your Drafts folder if you want to resent it. The easiest and quickest way to try to unlock the message from your Outbox is to open the message in the Outbox with a double click and close it again.
To get rid of that see the guide: Delete a stuck Read Receipt.
If you can’t see the stuck message, then it is most likely a Read Receipt.
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