{"id":3424,"date":"2016-02-26T07:31:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T07:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=3424"},"modified":"2023-04-14T08:02:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T08:02:00","slug":"2-ways-to-split-large-pst-file-in-outlook-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/2-ways-to-split-large-pst-file-in-outlook-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ways to Split Large .PST File in Outlook 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why we have to split .PST file when it is too large?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Outlook would run and work slowly.<\/li>\n<li>There would be running errors, such as cannot open Outlook. Once Outlook data file is corrupted at the same time, it would be more troublesome.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>How to Split Large Outlook .PST File?<\/h2>\n<p>This article mainly introduces two methods to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/2-ways-to-split-large-pst-file-in-outlook-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manually split Outlook .PST file<\/a><\/strong> with Outlook integrated function. So you don\u2019t need to worry about whether there would be damage to original .PST file after data file splitting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#method1\">Method 1: Move a Large .PST File to Several .PST Files<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#method2\">Method 2: Split Large .PST File with Outlook Archive Feature<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"method1\">Method 1: Move a Large .PST File to Several .PST Files<\/h3>\n<p>Step 1: Create several new .PST files according to original large .PST file.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Open Outlook data file (.pst file), right click one <strong>subfolder<\/strong> and choose <strong>Move Folder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/select-move-folder-option-in-outlook.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3431\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"423\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3431 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/select-move-folder-option-in-outlook.png\" alt=\"select move folder option on pst file subfolder\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/select-move-folder-option-in-outlook.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/select-move-folder-option-in-outlook-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 3: In <strong>Move Folder<\/strong> dialog, select a new .PST file and click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/select-destinated-folder-save-moved-folder.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3433\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"292\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/select-destinated-folder-save-moved-folder.png\" alt=\"select destinated folder to save moved data folder\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/select-destinated-folder-save-moved-folder.png 354w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/select-destinated-folder-save-moved-folder-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Selected subfolder would be moved to new .PST file. The original .PST file would become smaller than before.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/split-pst-file-successfully-by-moving-folder.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3434\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"423\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/split-pst-file-successfully-by-moving-folder.png\" alt=\"split pst file successfully by moving folder\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/split-pst-file-successfully-by-moving-folder.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/split-pst-file-successfully-by-moving-folder-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"method2\">Method 2: Split Large .PST File with Outlook Archive Feature<\/h3>\n<p>Step 1: Click <strong>File &gt; Info<\/strong> in Outlook 2010. Click <strong>Cleanup Tools<\/strong> and select <strong>Archive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/choose-archive-funtion-in-outlook.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3435\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"491\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/choose-archive-funtion-in-outlook.png\" alt=\"choose archive function in outlook\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/choose-archive-funtion-in-outlook.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/choose-archive-funtion-in-outlook-300x246.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 2: In <strong>Archive<\/strong> dialog, select <strong>Archive this folder and all subfolders<\/strong> check box.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/set-archive-parameters-to-split-pst-file.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3436\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"378\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/set-archive-parameters-to-split-pst-file.png\" alt=\"set archive parameters to split pst file \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/set-archive-parameters-to-split-pst-file.png 352w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/set-archive-parameters-to-split-pst-file-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Select the subfolder in .PST file and set other conditions for archive, such as archive items time and archive path. Click OK.<\/p>\n<p>Turn back on Outlook data file list, you could see new data file called <strong>Archives<\/strong>, which includes the folder you just choose to archive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/successfully-split-pst-file-with-archive.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3437\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/successfully-split-pst-file-with-archive.png\" alt=\"successfully split pst file with outlook archive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/successfully-split-pst-file-with-archive.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/successfully-split-pst-file-with-archive-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/outlook-password\/recover-outlook-2016-forgotten-pst-password.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Recover Outlook 2016 PST File Forgotten Password<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-change-exchange-password-in-outlook-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Change Exchange Password in Outlook 2010<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-setup-and-delete-email-account-in-outlook-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Setup and Delete E-mail Account in Outlook 2010<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-change-data-file-default-location-in-outlook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Change E-mail PST\/OST File Default Location in Outlook 2010-2016<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why we have to split .PST file when it is too large? 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