Holding A Folder In The Library

Reading Time 2 minutes When you publish a Retention Policy to a SharePoint site configured to retain content for a specific period of time, it does its quotmagicquot behind the scenes in a special place called the Preservation Hold Library PHL. This is well-documented in many locations including the official docs.microsoft.com site, numerous other bloggers' sites, as well as my own.

All file versions are stored inside the Preservation Hold library as separate files. Depending on the Record Label Retention settings i.e., 7 years from the last Modified Date, each version can expire be removed from the Preservation Hold Library at different times. Additional Nuances of the Preservation Hold Library

The labeled file remains in the Preservation Hold library until the timer job identifies that its retention period has expired. If the retention settings are configured to delete items, the file is then moved to the second-stage Recycle Bin, where it's permanently deleted at the end of 93 days

Preservation Hold Library PHL in SharePoint and OneDrive is a secure location where content is retained to comply with retention policies. Topics . After creating any retention policies, admins can access the preservation hold library folder by following the below steps.

Read the process below to recover files from Preservation Hold Library Go to the site contents. Enter the Preservation Hold Library. Select the file you want to recover. Click on Copy to. Choose the destination. Press on Copy here. The files or folders from the Preservation Hold Library will recover, and you'll find them in the copied

As per the description shared, I understand your concern i.e., you want to delete the preservation hold library in your OneDrive because the size of the preservation hold library keeps increasing. If my understanding is correct, I would like to let you know the preservation hold library is created because the retaining policy is applied to your

The SharePoint Preservation Hold Library is where files needed for retention or hold purposes are stored. In the past, the library stored separate copies of each version of a retained file. Now it stores files complete with the entire version history, which is more intelligent and means that SharePoint consumes less storage for retention.

However, when you view the storage in the Windows File Explorer, it won't include the size of version histories, data in recycle bin, and content preservation hold library. So, to delete the content in the preservation hold library, we need to remove the retention policies the policies the retains the data on the SharePoint Online sites and

Check are there any other policies holding. If you have any Retention Policies - exclue or disable policy. If you have eDiscovery cases - Close all eDiscovery cases. If you have Data loss prevention policies - Disable them. if there is no policy holding files should get deleted. Try to see in fiddler or F12 logs what is holding files.

The Preservation hold library in Sharepoint Online or OneDrive is a special type of document library that holds the content to help organizations meet legal and compliance requirements. I'm running your process to delete the preservation hold folder which appears to be running successfully. I have two questions 1. After running the