Configure SharePoint Recycle Bin Settings - PowerShell

Question

Hello Guys,

On SharePoint once We delete an item It goes to RecycleBin (first-second stage)
The retention period is 93 days after deletion.

Anyone knows how could I change the number of days from 93 to 30 days in Powershell for each site?

Thank you so much

Answer 1

Hi @ALVES Ricardo ,
To clarify, in SharePoint server
Site Recycle Bin (First-Stage) = 30 days

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/sites/delete-and-restore-site-collections
If you want to change the number of days, just change the configuration of the SharePoint web application recycle bin and you have changed all the sites.
Powershell code:

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue  
   
#Get the Web Application  
$WebApp = Get-SpWebApplication "http://sp16"  
   
#*** Set Recycle bin Options ***  
#Enable Recycle bin  
$WebApp.RecycleBinEnabled = $true  
   
#Set Retention Period to 30 days  
$WebApp.RecycleBinRetentionPeriod = 30  
#To Turnoff Recycle bin Retention, use: $WebApp.RecycleBinCleanUpEnabled=$false  
   
#Set Second Stage Recycle bin Quota %  
$WebApp.SecondStageRecycleBinQuota = 30  
#To turn OFF Second Stage recycle bin, use: $WebApp.SecondStageRecycleBinQuota = 0  
   
#Apply the changes  
$WebApp.Update()  
   
Write-Host "Recycle bin Settings Updated!"  

You can directly change the number of days or view the powershell running results through the following path.

Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/configure-sharepoint-recycle-bin-settings-427bf749-cfb4-4b5a-80aa-3bd2b24ef4f0#:~:text=Choose%20the%20site%20you%20want,under%20Manage%20on%20the%20ribbon.&text=Under%20Recycle%20Bin%20Status%2C%20select,turned%20on%20or%20turned%20off.

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Answer 2

Hello,
Thank you for you response.

I've been reading about it and it just works if I connect with SharePoint on-premises