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Purge All Messages in a Queue

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

Use this procedure to purge all messages in a Message Queuing queue.

You can use this procedure to purge all messages in a Message Queuing queue.

Membership in <Domain>\Domain Users, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure.

To purge all messages in a Message Queuing queue

  1. Click Start, point to Run, type compmgmt.msc, and press ENTER to display the Computer Management MMC console.

  2. In the console tree, right-click Queue messages (or Journal messages).

    Where?

    • Computer Management/Services and Applications/Message Queuing/YourQueueFolder (such as Public Queues or Private Queues)/*YourQueue/*Queue messages/Journal messages
  3. Point to All Tasks, and then click Purge.

  4. When prompted, click Yes.

Additional considerations

  • You cannot purge individual messages from a queue. It is possible however to move individual messages to a subqueue and then purge the subqueue. For more information about moving messages see Additional references.

  • To increase performance, messages in journals and dead-letter queues must be purged on a regular basis.

  • You can also perform this task using the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in. For more information, see Additional references.

  • Purging a queue does not purge messages contained in subqueues of the queue.

  • Purging a subqueue does not purge messages in the parent queue.

Additional references