MailItem.Move method (Outlook)

Moves a Microsoft Outlook item to a new folder.

Syntax

expression. Move( _DestFldr_ )

expression A variable that represents a MailItem object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data type Description
DestFldr Required Folder An expression that returns a Folder object. The destination folder.

Return value

An Object value that represents the item which has been moved to the designated folder.

Example

This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example uses GetDefaultFolder to return the Folder object that represents the default folder. It then uses the Find and FindNext methods to find all messages sent by Dan Wilson and uses the Move method to move all email messages sent by Dan Wilson from the default Inbox folder to the Personal Mail folder. To run this example without any errors, replace 'Dan Wilson' with a vaid sender name and make sure there's a folder under Inbox called 'Personal Mail'. Note that myItem is declared as type Object so that it can represent all types of Outlook items including meeting request and task request items.

Sub MoveItems() 
 Dim myNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace 
 Dim myInbox As Outlook.Folder 
 Dim myDestFolder As Outlook.Folder 
 Dim myItems As Outlook.Items 
 Dim myItem As Object 
 
 Set myNameSpace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI") 
 Set myInbox = myNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox) 
 Set myItems = myInbox.Items 
 Set myDestFolder = myInbox.Folders("Personal Mail") 
 Set myItem = myItems.Find("[SenderName] = 'Dan Wilson'") 
 While TypeName(myItem) <> "Nothing" 
 myItem.Move myDestFolder 
 Set myItem = myItems.FindNext 
 Wend 
End Sub

See also

MailItem Object

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