November 5, 2024
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The available limit for free Outlook.com account is 15 GB of email storage.

To check the total amount of email storage space used :

First, enable the Beta mode for Outlook.com. (Only the beta version as of now displays the used and available limits.)

Next, click the gear icon and choose View full settings from the bottom.

accessing Outlook.com settings in beta mode

From the General section, select Storage. This will display the amount of storage space used.

available email storage limits for free Outlook.com account

Also, there are a couple of quick ways to manage email storage in Outlook.com :

Manage attachments : Store large email attachments like videos and photos received directly to a cloud storage account like OneDrive, Google Drive and so on. These accounts can be linked with Outlook.com from Mail > Attachments in beta version.

linking a cloud storage account with Outlook.com in beta mode

When using the non beta version, choose Options.

accessing Options in Outlook.com non beta

Then go to Mail > Attachment options > Storage accounts. Link the preferred cloud drive accounts as required.

adding a cloud storage account to Outlook.com in non beta version

Junk emails : Emails collected in the Junk folder can take up space too. Right click on that folder and select Delete all.

deleting all the junk emails in Outlook.com

All done.

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