unable to delete the label policy

Question

Hi All,

I want to delete one of the label policies. Let's say the policy name is test-lp1. How do I delete this label policy?

When I log in to Microsoft Purview → Information Protection → Policies - Label Publishing Policies → test-lp1, I click on the three dots (⋮) and see options to Edit Policy, Move Up, and Move Down, but I don’t see an option to delete the label policy. Please guide me how to delete this policy?

Answer 1

Hi @Glenn Maxwell

Thanks for posting your query!

If you delete a sensitivity label from the Microsoft Purview portal or the Microsoft Purview compliance portal, the label isn't automatically removed from content, and any protection settings continue to be enforced on content that had that label applied.

If you edit a sensitivity label, the version of the label that was applied to content is what's enforced on that content.

For detailed information about what happens when you delete a sensitivity label and how this is different from removing it from a sensitivity label policy, see Removing and deleting labels.

If the label applied encryption, the underlying protection template is archived so that previously protected content can still be opened. Because of this archived protection template, you can't create a new label with the same name. Although it's possible to delete a protection template by using PowerShell, don't do this unless you're sure you don't need to open content that was encrypted with the archived template.

Remove-AipServiceTemplate
      -TemplateId <Guid>
      [<CommonParameters>]

Ref Doc:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sensitivity-labels
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/aipservice/remove-aipservicetemplate?view=azureipps

I hope this information helps. Please do let us know if you have any further queries.

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Thank you.   

Answer 2

What about deleting the sensitivity label POLICY

I have the sensitivity labels I want, and they are published but the testing label POLICY, that assigned the labels to the beta group, won't allow me to remove it.

"New test policy for Joyce and David" cannot be remove just moved down in priority ?