Personal Storage Table or PST File Format is basically used by MS Outlook to store lots of information such as emails, contacts, calendars, etc. However, Outlook application is one of the popular email clients used in any organization to exchange lots of information. Therefore, when a user moves from one Outlook version to another or it becomes difficult for a user to manage multiple PST file, there is need to merge Outlook PST files. Now, the question arises, how to merge multiple PST file in MS Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003. Hence, in this, all the possible ways to batch combine PST file into one are discussed.
There are various situations where there is a need to merge two PST file into single PST file. Here, the most common query asked by the users are discussed:
“I just moved from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 and now I want to import my both old and new PST file into single PST file to have an easy to both old and new PST files. Can I merge multiple PST file into one with the help of manual procedure, as I do not want to use any expensive third-party solution.”
As nowadays, most of the users are querying about how to merge Outlook PST files in 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 version in this segment of the article, we are going to discuss all possible manual ways to combine multiple PST file. If a user wants to merge Outlook data files (.pst), then he can follow any of these manual procedures mentioned below:
In order to combine PST files into a single Outlook PST file manually, open the PST files within Outlook 2007 and follow the steps mentioned below:
To merge Outlook PST files manually, one can also use Import & Export feature provided by MS Outlook by following the steps mentioned below:
Note: Both the manuals discussed above are not direct and reliable solutions to merge Outlook PST files. Therefore, to prevent loss of data, merge multiple pst files into one in outlook 2016 with the help of PST Merge Tool.
There are various limitations that a user may face while merging PST file of Outlook 2016, 2013 through manual procedure and are mentioned below:
As most of the time users migrate from one Outlook version to another, there is a need to merge 2 PST file into 1 to have an easy access to both PST files. Therefore, after completely understanding the need of users to merge multiple PST file of Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, we have discussed two different manual procedure to merge Outlook PST files. One can choose any of them according to the preference. As discussed above, the manuals are not full- proof methods to merge Outlook PST files so, one should prefer automated solution to merge multiple pst files into one in outlook 2016 mentioned above before starting the final merge process to have a permanent access to the files.