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Microsoft 365 Retention and SharePoint Online Deletion Policy
Hi All, We have defined a policy that included Exchange email, SharePoint Sites, and OneDrive sites. We noticed that a few SharePoint sites have to be deleted. We turned off the Retention for ...
Wait and pray 🙂 Make sure the distribution status of the policy shows as completed, and if you still cannot remove the site, open a support ticket. It's in Microsoft's hands. FYI there are lots of similar complaints here and on other forums, here's one of the threads: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365/Retention-Policies-and-SharePoint-sites/m-p/314404
Thanks your pointer. I hope don't need to contact Microsoft support.
Aroh Shukla Do contact support. The more pain Microsoft gets on this point, the more they are likely to do something about it.
thanks a ton for valuable inputs.
What about if we delete the Retention policy completely? Will it help?
Thanks
Aroh
aarohbits If you don't need the retention policy, you can absolutely delete it.
