září 15, 2020
Google Drive trash items will be automatically deleted after 30 days starting on October 13, 2020
What’s changing
Who’s impacted
Why it’s important
Additional details
- Admins can still restore items deleted from a user’s trash for up to 25 days for active users.
- Retention policies set by admins in Google Vault are not affected by this change, unless they become obsolete as they are now redundant. Learn more about retention rules for Drive.
- These changes affect items that are trashed from any device and any platform.
- Files deleted via Drive File Stream will be purged from the system trash after 30 days. There is no impact to Backup and Sync behavior.
- Files in shared drives trash are already automatically deleted after 30 days.
- Items in trash will still continue to consume quota.
Getting started
- Admins: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit our Help Center to see how admins can restore a user’s Drive data.
- End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to delete and restore files in Google Drive.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility)] starting on October 13, 2020
Availability
- Applicable to all G Suite customers