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Orientation: Outlook 2010 is open. Extreme left pane displays my Inbox as well as folders I created - good.

It also displays built-in 'Folders?' called Journal, RSS Feed, Calendar and Contacts - bad.

I would like to hide these Outlook native folders because they take up vaulable space.

Any Ideas?

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Have you tried deleting them? – ChrisF Jan 13 '11 at 13:06
How do you delete Journal, Contacts Calendar? Being built-in, it's probably more a question of hiding them. – Guy Thomas Jan 13 '11 at 15:49
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They take up valuable space? Seriously? Try collapsing the mailbox and adding the folders you do want to see to your folder favorites.

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The OP is probably referring to visual space. Considering that vertical pixels are incredibly precious on widescreen monitors, anything that's using those pixels unnecessarily is wasting valuable space. If the OP is referring to drive space, then I'm with you. – afrazier Jan 13 '11 at 14:52
Is there anywhere I can add a screenshot, then the problem would become clearer? – Guy Thomas Jan 13 '11 at 15:51
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I agree - built in folders (especially the RSS folder) are very annoying but after some research - the only method I could find (which involves group policy changes via MMC and registry edits) is so painful that you're better off living with the annoyance. (Unless you're an MS DC or exchange administrator in which case it might seem straightforward.)

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Yah, this is a legitmate issue. The only solution I found was http://www.easy2sync.de/en/produkte/Hide-Outlook-Folders.php.

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Thank you, but I was hoping for a solution within Outlook, else a registry hack. – Guy Thomas Mar 12 at 20:50
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