Version limit in Sharepoint not working

Question

One of my costumers has a lot of auto saved files in the Sharepoint online directory. The files are a couple of 100MB's per save, which means a file can grow up to 30GB.
To counter this I have set the versioning limit to 100 which has worked in the past on other Sharepoints. However, the version history doesn't seem to get deleted.

I've checked the retention policies (image 2), there are none available. eDiscovery seems to be off as well.

Is there any other setting I need to check which could possible interfere with te versioning of Sharepoint?

Answer 1

Hi @Raf ,

Based on the information you provided, it seems like you have already checked the most common settings that could affect versioning in SharePoint. However, there are a few other things you could check:

1. Check if there are any workflows or custom scripts that may be interfering with versioning. These could be set up to retain version history beyond the limit you have set.
2. Check if there are any third-party tools or add-ins that may be affecting versioning. These could also be set up to retain version history beyond the limit you have set.
3. Check if there are any custom retention policies that may be overriding the default versioning settings. These could be set up by an administrator or by a third-party tool.

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