StorageItem.Delete Method

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Outlook Developer Reference

Permanently removes the StorageItem object from the parent folder.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Outlook 2007

Syntax

expression.Delete

expression   A variable that represents a StorageItem object.

Remarks

This call allows a solution to clean up or reset the storage for its private data. Attempting to delete a StorageItem that has been removed by a prior StorageItem.Delete call will result in the error, "Could not complete the deletion."

For more information on deleting solution data stored in a StorageItem object, see Updating and Deleting Solution Storage.

Example

The following code sample in Visual Basic for Applications shows how to clean up any existing StorageItem object that has the specified subject, create a new instance with the same subject, assign a value to a custom property, and save the the new instance.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub AssignStorageData()
    Dim oInbox As Outlook.Folder
    Dim myStorage As Outlook.StorageItem

Set oInbox = Application.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
' Remove and reset any existing instance of StorageItem of the specified subject
Set myStorage = oInbox.GetStorage("My Private Storage", olIdentifyBySubject)
myStorage.Delete
Set myStorage = Nothing
' Get a new instance of StorageItem
Set myStorage = oInbox.GetStorage("My Private Storage", olIdentifyBySubject)
myStorage.UserProperties.Add "Order Number", olNumber
myStorage.UserProperties("Order Number").Value = 1000
myStorage.Save



End Sub

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