# Outlook 2013 AutoArchive not following folder settings

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 20, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-2013-autoarchive-not-following-folder-settings/715495 "2015-03-20T15:15:20Z")\
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I have my Outlook Inbox set up to autoarchive emails older than 24 months, saving them to an archive file. But it looks like emails older than 1 year old are being archived. Worse, they are not showing up in the archive file so it looks like they’re being deleted. I have emails going back to exactly March 20, 2014.

Is there anything that can override the settings that are set for an individual folder?