Disable File|Archive

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences

Value name: disablemanualarchive

Enabled: disablemanualarchive = 1

Disabled: disablemanualarchive = 0

Description

This setting allows you to disable File|Archive and prevent users from manually archiving items in their mailbox. You might want to set this if you have deployed other messaging records management policies in order to avoid conflicts. You should also consider disabling AutoArchive in the setting named AutoArchive Settings.