How to delete mails which are 3 months and or older in Outlook

[Ishan_Shelke]

My rpa Inbox in almost full with 70000 mails I need to delete the mails which are 3 months and older from it. How do I achieve this ?

[Marius_Puscasu]

Hello @Ishan_Shelke ,

You could try this sequence of activities:

More info about activities you can find here:

• Get Outlook Mail Messages https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/get-outlook-mail-messages

• Delete Outlook Mail Message https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/delete-outlook-mail-message

• Retry Scope https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/retry-scope

Hope it helps!
Best regards,
Marius

[ABHIMANYU_THITE1 (ABHIMANYU THITE)]

@Ishan_Shelke

My rpa Inbox in almost full with 70000 mails I need to delete the mails which are 3 months and older from it. How do I achieve this ?

Hi @Ishan_Shelke,

1. Assign activity: currentDate = Now

2. Assign activity: cutoffDate = currentDate.AddMonths(-3)

3. For Each activity:
   TypeArgument: System.Net.Mail.MailMessage
   Values: List of emails in inbox

   Body of For Each:
   Assign activity:
   emailDateString = item.Headers(“Date”)

   Assign activity:
   emailDate = DateTime.ParseExact(emailDateString, “ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz”, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

   If activity:
   DateTime.Compare(emailDate, cutoffDate) < 0
   Then activity:
   item.Delete()