Hi, I've moved a couple mailboxes to a new store, and then logged into each mailbox and deleted all the users info. I then do a MailboxStatistics on the store to get TotalItemSize. Combined all the mailboxes now are about 100MB but the Store size is still 38GB. Completed a offline defrag a couple of times and no change. Also checked white space for the Store and it shows only 2.5mb free. Is there something else I need to run to get the lost space free. Thanks,

Hi, Have you checked the whitespace with the following cmdlet? Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | Select-Object Server,Name,AvailableNewMailboxSpace Regards from ExchangeOnline Windows Administrator's Area

Hi, Thanks for reply. I have, and it shows there is only 14MB white space. Attached pic you can see the size of the mailboxes in the Temp Store, with the temp store being 38GB. There is no disconnected mailboxes in that store, so I don't know where the space is being wasted.

Hi If you have moved mailboxes out of a store then copies of them will still be in a "soft deleted" state in the database: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff829913(v=exchg.141).aspx These will be there until the mailbox retention period expires or you remove them manually using the commands in that link. Cheers, Steve

Ok. I've figured out that the space is being used by the Recoverable Items for the selected mailboxes. Is there a way to purge them using PS. [PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-MailboxFolderStatistics "username" -FolderScope RecoverableItems | Format-List Name,Folder Name : Recoverable Items FolderAndSubfolderSize : 607.2 MB (636,686,437 bytes) Name : Calendar Logging FolderAndSubfolderSize : 0 B (0 bytes) Name : Deletions FolderAndSubfolderSize : 31.72 KB (32,481 bytes) Name : Purges FolderAndSubfolderSize : 605.9 MB (635,285,491 bytes) Name : Versions FolderAndSubfolderSize : 0 B (0 bytes)

Hi, Refer the link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff678798.aspxRegards from ExchangeOnline Windows Administrator's Area

Not sure why this post was reported as abusive, perhaps a Mod can fix this. Steve

Thanks... That worked awesome with all but one of the accounts. Just disabled the account and created on new store.