System Account - folders empty

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Hi&nbsp;&nbsp;on a SPO Site - in a Doc Library - there's a lot of Folders that suddenly are Empty - no Rentention policy or other Workflow acts in this library- only info to see is that the folders are modified by 'System Account' back in start february - no entry in audit log to see (only 90 days back) and nothing in Recycle Bin - nor in second stage bin&nbsp;&nbsp;What and who is behind this System account and how can't the content of the folders suddenly disappear?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

timlb · Answer

Taen keren&nbsp;Never know until you ask... maybe can look through your audit logs for the SharePoint URL in the time period where the deletions were expected to happen. 90 days again, maybe you'll see the recycle bin actions... if you're enrolled in a preview feature might have a year's worth of audit data.

timlb · Answer

Taen keren&nbsp;There could be a tenant deletion policy doing this. Best course of action would be to probably ask your tenant admins about it.&nbsp;https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/securitycompliance/retention-policies

taen keren · Answer

TimLB&nbsp; - there's NO Retention policies made at all...&nbsp;

timlb · Answer

Taen keren&nbsp;Sounds like you're an Admin then. Open an incident with Microsoft.

taen keren · Answer

TimLB&nbsp;- Don't think they can see more than 90 days back as well - might be wrong :)&nbsp;

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System Account - folders empty

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