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Deleted items folder keeping emails forever
Hi, I have an issue where the deleted items folder is keeping my emails forever. I have found emails from 2015. I would like the deleted items folder to work as the junk folder where emails ...
Hi Hermyherms350,
thanks for your update.
Like VasilMichev has mentioned in his post, you can use the Messaging Records Management (MRM) policy in Exchange Online (Purview) to manage the retention of emails in the Deleted Items folder for multiple users in your environment. You can rename and edit the Default MRM policy or create a new one.Here are the steps to change the default MRM retention policy in Microsoft Purview:
1. Sign in to the Microsoft Purview compliance portal (https://compliance.microsoft.com/).
3. Navigate to Data lifecycle management > Exchange (legacy) > MRM Retention policies.
4. Select Default MRM Policy and click on Edit5. Rename the Default MRM policy
6. Add a "Deleted items" tag to the policy and set the duration that you want
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Hi Hermyherms350,
To automatically delete older emails in Outlook, you can set up an auto-archiving policy with the following steps:
1. Right-click on the folder in Outlook and choose Properties.
2. Go to the AutoArchive tab.
3. Select "Archive this folder using these settings."
4. Specify the desired time frame in "Clean out items older than."
5. Choose "Permanently delete old items."
6. Click OK to save the changes.
For Office 365 users, an alternative is to create a retention tag and assign a retention policy to the Deleted Items folder. Note that it may take up to 7 days for the policy to take effect.
Retention policy to delete items older than 30 days in "Deleted items" folder - Microsoft Q&A
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Thanks this is the same thing as I have done. I guess I will have to wait 30 days now to see if the retention will actually work.
