Solution to reset/rebuild OST file in Outlook 2019/2016/2013/2010

Solution to Reset/Rebuild OST File in Outlook 2019/2016/2013/2010

OST file shows various behavior to the users such as inaccessibility, corruption, and synchronization issues due to various reasons like virus attacks, power failure, Exchange server, system sudden termination. Under these situations, a user needs to find out the solution to access the data of OST file. The user may look for the options to repair and recover the inaccessible OST file. This error can occur in any editions of Outlook like Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2013, 2010 and others.

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Primary reasons behind OST file damage and corruption

There are multiple reasons when OST file gets corrupted and become inaccessible. Following are some of the reasons behind OST corruption –

• Power failure during OST file synchronization
• Accidental closing of MS Outlook in between the session
• Virus intrusion in Outlook
• Bad elements in the hard drive where OST file has its location
• Interruptions due to network connectors
• Incompatible Outlook Add-in
• Exceeds storage limits

How to delete corrupt OST file?

To delete the corrupt OST file, you need to follow the steps –

• Close Outlook application
• Go running window or press Win key + R
• Type “%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Outlook in Run window and click Ok
• The path will lead to the windows which contain your OST file.
• Locate OST file which you want to delete
• Right Click the file and select delete

Steps to rebuild OST file in Microsoft Outlook

The steps are slightly different as per the versions of Outlook. Find the steps below to recreate OST file in Outlook 2019/2016/2013/2010

• Open Outlook
• Go to File > Info
• Click on Account Settings and hit on Microsoft Exchange
• In the settings window, go to more settings and then Advanced tab
• Select Offline folder file settings
• Browse a location to save Outlook.ost file and click Ok
• Click Finish

You can recreate OST file when Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server are well connected.

Alternate solution: OST to PST Converter

If the above discussed manual method is unable to provide you the perfect results, you can try the alternate third-party solution OST to PST Conversion to convert OST file into Personal Storage Table format. It is one of the trusted applications and involves no data loss and safely help you to access your OST file with a couple of clicks. It is capable to move the entire data from OST file without making any changes to the original files.