Sharepoint 365 Library Based Retention Schedule

Question

Hi,

I have setup a 365 Sharepoint Library Based Retention Schedule and set it to Library and Folders.

I then setup the retention to delete anything created + two days to move to the recycle bin.

A couple of weeks later and still the documents remain in the library, any ideas?

Regards.

Answer 1

Information Management Policy and Expiration Policy are the two weekly timer jobs that make the policy work.

In SharePoint online, timer jobs are controlled by Microsoft, we need to wait until the timer jobs run.

Please go to SharePoint Designer->site Options, check the timer jobs' last run time through “dlc_PolicyUpdateLastRun” and “dlc_ExpirationLastRun” parameters.

As a workaround, we could use flow to automatically delete files in Document Library after X days:

Detaileds Steps:

1. Use an schedule trigger with 1 day interval(you could change it as needed).
2. Use the action - SharePoint - Get file properties only. Put your Site and Document Libary name
3. Use an foreach and put values as result.
4. Use an advanced condiction to verify if the actual date is greater than document created date + 2 @greater(utcnow('yyyyMMdd'), formatDateTime(addDays(item()?['Created'], 2), 'yyyyMMdd'))
5. If the condiction is yes, the document is older than 2 days.
6. Use the action - SharePoint - Delete Item.

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