How to export .pst file data?

MS Outlook PST file data is utmost important for accessing email files in non-Exchange environment. Many a times we would like to export PST file data. Before starting about the various steps involved in exporting PST file data, it’s better to know what exactly is exporting of PST file.

When you want to back up only some part of your Outlook data, you can create a new backup PST file of the only data that you want to save or transfer to some other area. This is known as Exporting of PST file data. Suppose you are having some important stuff in a folder and other not-so-important stuff is in other folder. Now you want to transfer that important folder, it will be irrelevant to transfer whole bunch of folders. You can export only the important folder and skip folders like Sent Mail, or you can say which is not-so-important.

Following are the simple steps that are involved in exporting a specific PST folder:

1. Open Outlook.
2. On the File menu, click Import and Export. If the menu item is not available, drift your pointer over the chevrons at the bottom of the menu, and then click Import and Export.
3. Click Export to File, and then click ‘Next’.
4. Click Personal Folder File (.pst), and then click ‘Next’.
5. Click the folder that you want to export the .pst file to and then click Next.
6. Click Browse, and then select the location where you want the new .pst file to be saved.
7. In the File Name box, type the name that you want to use for the new .pst file, and then click OK.
8. Click Finish.

It should be noted that folder design properties include permissions, filters, description, forms, and views and if you export items from one PST file to another, no folder design properties are maintained.

If somehow your PST file data gets corrupted, you can consider Kernel for Outlook email recovery software to restore pst file items to working files. It ensures speedy and accurate recovery of PST file data.

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