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Deleting Preservation Hold Library

Aran Billen 661 Reputation points
2024-03-18T10:55:50.0866667+00:00

Hi all,

I have removed a retention policy (about 3 weeks ago) set on onedrives the preservation hold library is still there and files still go into it which is consuming space, how do I delete the folder for all users so that files no longer go into this location?

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  1. Emi Zhang-MSFT 22,236 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-03-19T07:14:50.14+00:00

    Hi,

    Pull to the bottom of the recycle bin, there is a second-stage recycle bin, empty the contents of the recycle bin, and the memory will be released.

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