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Excluding SharePoint sites from "Never Delete" Policy?
Is there a way to exclude certain SharePoint sites from a Never Delete compliance policy, so that they are allowed to be manually deleted?
And if so, how long after I add them to an exclusion list should they become available to be manually deleted?
Hi,
Yes, you can exclude SharePoint sites from retention policies.
Go purview.microsoft.com > Solutions > Data Lifecycle Management > Policies > Retention policies > I presume you have a 'Never Delete' or similar policy > Select the policy and click edit > Add your site to SharePoint exclusions > Save your policy.
The following doc also explains how to do it step by step: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/troubleshoot/administration/exclude-sites-from-retention-policy
It should take 24 hours for the policy to update.
Hope this helps.
Let me know if you run into any issues.
