Solve Outlook Error ‘can’t move the items, the item cannot be moved’

There is indeed no doubt that Outlook is a great email application and a personal information manager. However, like all other tools and software out there, one can experience issues even while using Outlook. In this article, let’s look at an error message that reads ‘Can’t move the items, the item cannot be moved. It was either already moved or deleted or access was denied’.

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This error usually occurs in Outlook when the ‘Everyone’ group has a ‘Deny’ set on one of these permissions in the root folder tree.

  • Public folder
  • Top level public folder
  • Named properties in the information store

The solution for the error ‘Can’t move the items, the item cannot be moved’?

In order to resolve this issue, you will have to remove the ‘Deny’ for everyone (everyone group). To do so, please follow the steps below.

  1. Start the Microsoft Exchange System Manager
  2. Right click on Folders > Right click on Public Folders > Properties
  3. In the Properties tab > Security > Everyone
  4. Remove the ‘Deny’ setting on all of the following permissions
  • Create a public folder
  • Top level public folder
  • Named properties in the information store
  1. Click Apply to save the changes made and then click Ok

Following these above steps will help you resolve the ‘Can’t move the items, the item cannot be moved’ error in Outlook. But it is important to understand that such errors are not very common as are errors related to the PST file. Due to corruption in PST, you may encounter various errors in Outlook like ‘0x80004001’, ‘0x800ccc0e’, ‘0x8004010F’, problems when sending emails, Outlook hangs frequently etc. These errors are pretty common and need to be resolved for Outlook to work normally again.

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