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Disabling Tenant-Wide Auto-Archiving in Exchange Online
HI IT_Bee
Yes, archiving can be stopped by editing or removing the retention policy or retention tags that move items to the archive mailbox.
However, please note that this does not disable the Archive Mailbox itself. It only stops future items from being moved to the archive based on the applied retention settings.
If the goal is to stop archiving going forward, reviewing and updating the retention policy assigned to the affected mailbox(es) would be the appropriate approach.
Also, if you plan to disable an Archive Mailbox, we recommend backing up or exporting any data stored in the archive beforehand, since access to that data may no longer be available afterward.
Best regards,
AnnTaeYoun
AnnTaeYoun Thank you for the reply.
Is it possible to stop archiving by editing or disabling the retention policy ?
Thanks again.
HI IT_Bee
Yes, archiving can be stopped by editing or removing the retention policy or retention tags that move items to the archive mailbox.
However, please note that this does not disable the Archive Mailbox itself. It only stops future items from being moved to the archive based on the applied retention settings.
If the goal is to stop archiving going forward, reviewing and updating the retention policy assigned to the affected mailbox(es) would be the appropriate approach.
Also, if you plan to disable an Archive Mailbox, we recommend backing up or exporting any data stored in the archive beforehand, since access to that data may no longer be available afterward.
Best regards,
AnnTaeYoun