Microsoft Outlook 2010 Auto Archiving

1. Open Microsoft Outlook.
2. Select and highlight the folder for which you want to enable Auto Archive.  Choose the “Folder” tab and then “Auto Archive Settings”
   
   
3. Choose either the “Archive items in this folder using the default settings” or “Archive this folder using these settings”.
   
   
4. Select your options for Archiving. (The default is to “clean out items older than 6 months” and “Move old items to default archive folder”.)  **NOTE** Selecting “Permanently delete old items” will not archive data. Those items will be removed completely and are not retrievable!
5. Once the auto archive has run, an “Archive Folder” will appear at the bottom of your list of folders. All of your archived items will be stored in this folder for future use. 

You can also access the Global Auto Archive settings by going to File > Options > Advanced > Auto Archive Settings.