ediscoverySearch: purgeData

Namespace: microsoft.graph.security

Delete Microsoft Teams messages contained in an eDiscovery search.

Note: This request purges Teams data only. It does not purge other types of data such as mailbox items.

You can collect and purge the following categories of Teams content:

  • Teams 1:1 chats - Chat messages, posts, and attachments shared in a Teams conversation between two people. Teams 1:1 chats are also called conversations.
  • Teams group chats - Chat messages, posts, and attachments shared in a Teams conversation between three or more people. Also called 1:N chats or group conversations.
  • Teams channels - Chat messages, posts, replies, and attachments shared in a standard Teams channel.
  • Private channels - Message posts, replies, and attachments shared in a private Teams channel.
  • Shared channels - Message posts, replies, and attachments shared in a shared Teams channel.

For more information about purging Teams messages, see:

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) eDiscovery.ReadWrite.All Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application Not supported. Not supported.

HTTP request

POST /security/cases/ediscoveryCases/{ediscoveryCaseId}/searches/{ediscoverySearchId}/purgeData

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the parameters.

The following table shows the parameters that can be used with this action.

Parameter Type Description
purgeType microsoft.graph.security.purgeType Options that control whether the action is soft delete or hard delete. Possible values are recoverable, permanentlydeleted, unknownFutureValue.
purgeAreas microsoft.graph.security.purgeAreas Option to define the locations to be in scope of the purge action. Possible values are: mailboxes, teamsMessages, unknownFutureValue.

Response

If successful, this action returns a 202 Accepted response code.

If the purge data operation is started successfully, this action returns a 202 Accepted response code. The response will also contain a Location header, which contains the location of the Purge data operation that was created to commit the purge. To check the status of the purge data operation, make a GET request to the location URL.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/searches/c61a5860-d634-4d14-aea7-d82b6f4eb7af/purgeData

{

}

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted