| Extension | .pst |
| Category | documents |
| Description | PST (Personal Storage Table) format is a data format that is used by Microsoft Outlook software to store emails, calendars, contacts, tasks, notes and other items of personal information. . A PST file is a Microsoft Outlook database used to store and organize email and other data.
A PST file contains emails, calendars, contacts, tasks, notes, journals and other items that a user can create and store in Outlook. PST files are used to store data locally in Outlook, allowing users to store and organize their mail and other data on their computer.
The PST format plays a key role in organizing and storing information in Microsoft Outlook, making it easy to access email and other data within the Outlook email client. |
| Technical details | PST file is a database for storing data in the Microsoft Outlook email client. A PST file contains various data elements such as emails, calendars, contacts, tasks, notes and journals. The data in a PST file is organized in a hierarchical structure, including a root folder, folders for different types of data, and the data items themselves within this structure. PST files can contain locally stored data that can be accessed by the user regardless of network connection. Data in PST files can be password protected to ensure information confidentiality. PST files are used in Microsoft Outlook to locally store user data such as email, contacts and calendars. They can also be imported and exported for data backup or for sharing information between different devices or accounts. Various versions of Outlook have limits on the size of PST files, usually ranging from a few gigabytes to 50 gigabytes per file. PST files are only supported in the Microsoft Outlook email client and generally cannot be opened by other programs without conversion or import. |
