{"id":8376,"date":"2023-01-09T01:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=8376"},"modified":"2023-01-09T14:49:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T06:49:27","password":"","slug":"how-to-check-size-of-outlook-mailbox","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-check-size-of-outlook-mailbox\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find out the size of my Outlook mailbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s a common question: &#8220;How much space does my Outlook mailbox take up?&#8221; If you&#8217;re not sure, you can find yourself in a difficult position of having a full mailbox and unable to receive important emails.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news is there are simple steps to determine how much storage space you have in your account.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Outlook on Desktop<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. On your desktop app for Outlook, click on your account (to make sure you are looking into your specific mailbox storage in case you have multiple accounts logged in).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. From the top menu bar, go to <\/span><b>Folder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and click on <\/span><b>Folder Properties<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. At the next window, click on <\/span><b>Folder Size\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. You will then see the current size of your Outlook mailbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Outlook on Web Browser<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Log in to your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/outlook.office365.com\/mail\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outlook webmail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Once you are logged in to your Outlook mailbox, click on the gear icon at the top right of the screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/outlook-mailbox-gear-icon.png\" alt=\"outlook mailbox gear icon\" width=\"420\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/outlook-mailbox-gear-icon.png 420w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/outlook-mailbox-gear-icon-300x36.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. The <\/span><b>Settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> menu will slide in from the right. From here, click on <\/span><b>View all Outlook settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/outlook-mailbox-settings-view-all.png\" alt=\"outlook mailbox settings view all\" width=\"319\" height=\"837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/outlook-mailbox-settings-view-all.png 319w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/outlook-mailbox-settings-view-all-114x300.png 114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Go to <\/span><b>General<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and click on <\/span><b>Storage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The next pane should state the size of your Outlook mailbox and how much storage you have already used up.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/outlook-mailbox-settings-general-storage-1024x447.png\" alt=\"outlook mailbox settings general storage\" width=\"800\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/outlook-mailbox-settings-general-storage-1024x447.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/outlook-mailbox-settings-general-storage-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/outlook-mailbox-settings-general-storage-768x335.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/outlook-mailbox-settings-general-storage.png 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to email, being on top of things is essential. You want to know when your Outlook mailbox gets full and what you can do about it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your domain-specific email is linked to Outlook and you need further assistance, contact us <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/sg\/contact-us\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a common question: &#8220;How much space does my Outlook mailbox take up?&#8221; If you&#8217;re not sure, you can find yourself in a difficult position of having a full mailbox and unable to receive important emails. The good news is there are simple steps to determine how much storage space you have in your account.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[32],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-8376","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-email-hosting"],"year_month":"2026-06","word_count":244,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"syd123","author_nicename":"syd123","author_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/author\/syd123\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Email Hosting","term_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help-category\/email-hosting\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8380,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8376\/revisions\/8380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=8376"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=8376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}