PST Null Data on Delete

Policy ID
L_PSTNullFreeOnDelete
Scope
User Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Source
Microsoft 365 Apps / Office Administrative Templates (version 5568.1000)
Category
Microsoft Outlook 2016 › Miscellaneous › PST Settings

Description

This policy setting allows you to force Outlook to fully nullify deleted data in users’ Personal Folder files (.pst) at the time that the data is deleted.

If you enable this policy setting, data is immediately nullified in PST files when deleted.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, data remains in PST files until it is purged or overwritten by the user.

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • pstnullfreeondeleteREG_DWORD

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