Duplicate items in MS Outlook are quite common. Duplicate email items in Outlook occur due to restoration of Public folders from backups, synchronization with PC PDAs, BlackBerry, incorrect Outlook rules and other such situations. In this article we would be discussing Outlook duplicate entries due to HotSync operations.

A HotSync operation with MS Outlook usually generates duplicate entries of calendar events, contacts, memos or notes, etc. If you go with manual removing of such duplicate entries would be a complete waste of time. You can use third party application to remove outlook duplicates instantly.

However, you can go with an inbuilt method of removing duplicates in Outlook. The following procedure is one method of deleting multiple duplicates within Outlook.

1.First of all, navigate to the section in Outlook where you have duplicates contacts, Calendar events, Tasks, or Notes...