How do you remove the replied/forwarded indicator from a message in Outlook?

Question

In Outlook, when viewing an email that you have either replied to or forwarded in the past, it will say either "You replied to this message on DATE/TIME" (along with the icon showing a purple arrow pointing to the left) or "You forwarded this message on DATE/TIME" (along with the icon showing a blue arrow pointing to the right). How do you remove that replied/forwarded indicator?

I came across a method in the past that worked. It involved exporting the message, deleting it, and then reimporting it into your Inbox. But I just tried that and I still see the indicator, so I must be missing a step. I'm using Outlook 2010.

Answer 1

This is easy with VBA macro like this:

Sub ClearLastVerb()
    On Error Resume Next
    For Each Item In ActiveExplorer.Selection
        Item.PropertyAccessor.SetProperty "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x10800003", -1
        Item.PropertyAccessor.SetProperty "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x10810003", 0
        Item.Save
    Next
End Sub

Just add this macro to your Outlook and after that you can place the button that will clear icon and last verb executed for the selected messages.