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RSWork
Copper Contributor
Jul 15, 2020

Deletion files/folders with retention labels in a specific SharePoint Online site

Hi All, I have been asked to delete few folders with old files, which doubles with same folders in other location. There are retention labels applied to the files. I cannot delete those specific fo...
RSWork's avatar
RSWork
Copper Contributor
Jul 15, 2020

Hi VasilMichev - thanks for fast reply.

 

That was part of my question - how to remove them?

I mean easily? I was going to each subfolder and selecting each file(s) and setting the Labels to 'None'.

But this requires lots of that action as there are lots of subfolders and subfolders etc.

Is there a Powershell I can use to select the url - i.e. https://tenant.com/sites/mysite/Documents/folder/ and the run a command towards that folder to set labels on all items within it to a label 'None'?

 

If I select the folder and set the label to 'None', then the files in the subfolders retain the label and does not allow me to delete..

 

There is not much on that topic on internet, i'm surprised...

Regards,

Roumen

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Andrew Hodges
Bronze Contributor
Jul 17, 2020

Hi RSWork ,

 

If the labels have not been set individually on files then you can change the label at the highest folder you want to delete and the label will cascade. I haven't yet had to remove labels via powershell sorry. 

 

In your case it may either take a bit of time to update or the labels have been set individually. 

  • Lily_Ashikova's avatar
    Lily_Ashikova
    Copper Contributor
    May 21, 2021

    Andrew Hodges Updating the folder retention label did not affect the files in it and they are still having a retention label that is preventing deletion. Is there any other way to remove the retention label in bulk? Thanks

    • mtbaker28's avatar
      mtbaker28
      Brass Contributor
      Sep 30, 2021
      We also have a need for bulk or automated removal

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