When implementing retention rules for the first time, might pages be deleted, or versions only?

Khloe Salmon August 8, 2022

Hi all,

 

I'm looking for a bit of advice and help!

We've had Confluence for around 12 years, however in that time there has not been any retention rules set up ( ! ), so I'm looking to get this sorted.

One scenario / question: If we set retention rules to 3 years, but a page was last edited 4 years ago, does that mean the page will be deleted? Or, will the page remain but it will have no past versions?

Has anyone else implemented the retention rules after a long period, and have any learnings to share?!

 

Many thanks

Khloe

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Ivan Lima
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August 8, 2022

Hi @Khloe Salmon, although I haven't explored it much, pages and attachments' latest versions won't get deleted, only the history. You might have checked it by now, but I'll leave the link to the documentation as a reference.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/set-retention-rules-to-delete-unwanted-data-1108681072.html

Khloe Salmon August 9, 2022

Thanks Ivan, I had missed the bit that states the latest version is never deleted!

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