Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management-New cmdlet to remove retention from inactive mailboxes

Summary

Today, there is not a way to remove retention policies or labels (called a hold in Exchange) from items in inactive mailboxes in bulk. Now we are introducing a PowerShell cmdlet that enables retention policies or labels to be removed in bulk from these items. This removal will not affect legal holds.

Status
Launched
General availability target
Dec 2025
Preview target
Not published
Products
Microsoft Purview
Clouds
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD
Release phases
General Availability
Platforms
Web
Added to the roadmap
5 Dec 2025
Last changed
13 Feb 2026 · 7mo ago
recently changed
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