Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management – Hard delete capability for OneDrive and SharePoint through secure priority cleanup workflows

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1. 5 Nov 2026 · 17:01:08 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent → Incomplete
2. 4 Nov 2026 · 15:02:25 UTC Last changed5 May 2026 23:00 UTC → 19 Aug 2026 22:58 UTC
3. 4 Nov 2026 · 15:02:25 UTC CloudsDoD, GCC, GCC High → GCC, GCC High, DoD
4. 4 Nov 2026 · 15:02:25 UTC General availability targetNot stated → November CY2026
5. 4 Nov 2026 · 15:02:25 UTC Source coverage: merill-message-center-archiveCurrent → Not collected
6. 4 Nov 2026 · 15:02:25 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent
7. 4 Nov 2026 · 15:02:25 UTC Link: Microsoft Purview/roadmap?topic=Microsoft%20Purview&period=all#items → No longer listed in this observation
8. 4 Nov 2026 · 15:02:25 UTC Link: Purview/roadmap?topic=Purview&period=all#items
9. 4 Nov 2026 · 15:02:25 UTC Link: Microsoft roadmap entryhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=561034
10. 4 Nov 2026 · 15:02:25 UTC SummaryData Lifecycle Management allows compliance admins to retain, review and delete content in M365 workloads. Deletion of content to adhere to compliance requirements, admins can set up Retention policies or labels. To help prevent inadvertent data loss, M365 retention labels policies and M365 retention policies do not hard delete content immediately and keeps the data in Recycle Bins for 93 days for ODSP. Hard delete itself is a very costly process as it opens Microsoft to heavy legal implications in case of any data loss incident that may occur due to a misconfigured policy or regression. Priority Cleanup feature allows users to bypass retention, and eDiscovery holds to help customers comply to changing legal/compliance requirements or manage data spillage scenarios. This feature requires the ability to hard delete specific files from the scoped locations.  Ability to select hard delete configuration for a Priority cleanup policy for OneDrive and SharePoint content and skip recycle bins. → Data Lifecycle Management allows compliance admins to retain, review and delete content in M365 workloads. Deletion of content to adhere to compliance requirements, admins can set up Retention policies or labels. To help prevent inadvertent data loss, M365 retention labels policies and M365 retention policies do not hard delete content immediately and keeps the data in Recycle Bins for 93 days for ODSP. Hard delete itself is a very costly process as it opens Microsoft to heavy legal implications in case of any data loss incident that may occur due to a misconfigured policy or regression. Priority Cleanup feature allows users to bypass retention, and eDiscovery holds to help customers comply to changing legal/compliance requirements or manage data spillage scenarios. This feature requires the ability to hard delete specific files from the scoped locations. Ability to select hard delete configuration for a Priority cleanup policy for OneDrive and SharePoint content and skip recycle bins.
11. 4 Nov 2026 · 13:26:53 UTC Last changed19 Aug 2026 22:58 UTC → 5 May 2026 23:00 UTC
12. 4 Nov 2026 · 13:26:53 UTC CloudsGCC, GCC High, DoD → DoD, GCC, GCC High
13. 4 Nov 2026 · 13:26:53 UTC General availability targetNovember CY2026 → Not stated
14. 4 Nov 2026 · 13:26:53 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapIncomplete → Not collected
15. 4 Nov 2026 · 13:26:53 UTC Source coverage: merill-message-center-archiveCurrent
16. 4 Nov 2026 · 13:26:53 UTC Link: Purview/roadmap?topic=Purview&period=all#items → No longer listed in this observation
17. 4 Nov 2026 · 13:26:53 UTC Link: Microsoft roadmap entryhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=561034 → No longer listed in this observation
18. 4 Nov 2026 · 13:26:53 UTC Link: Microsoft Purview/roadmap?topic=Microsoft%20Purview&period=all#items
19. 4 Nov 2026 · 13:26:53 UTC SummaryData Lifecycle Management allows compliance admins to retain, review and delete content in M365 workloads. Deletion of content to adhere to compliance requirements, admins can set up Retention policies or labels. To help prevent inadvertent data loss, M365 retention labels policies and M365 retention policies do not hard delete content immediately and keeps the data in Recycle Bins for 93 days for ODSP. Hard delete itself is a very costly process as it opens Microsoft to heavy legal implications in case of any data loss incident that may occur due to a misconfigured policy or regression. Priority Cleanup feature allows users to bypass retention, and eDiscovery holds to help customers comply to changing legal/compliance requirements or manage data spillage scenarios. This feature requires the ability to hard delete specific files from the scoped locations. Ability to select hard delete configuration for a Priority cleanup policy for OneDrive and SharePoint content and skip recycle bins. → Data Lifecycle Management allows compliance admins to retain, review and delete content in M365 workloads. Deletion of content to adhere to compliance requirements, admins can set up Retention policies or labels. To help prevent inadvertent data loss, M365 retention labels policies and M365 retention policies do not hard delete content immediately and keeps the data in Recycle Bins for 93 days for ODSP. Hard delete itself is a very costly process as it opens Microsoft to heavy legal implications in case of any data loss incident that may occur due to a misconfigured policy or regression. Priority Cleanup feature allows users to bypass retention, and eDiscovery holds to help customers comply to changing legal/compliance requirements or manage data spillage scenarios. This feature requires the ability to hard delete specific files from the scoped locations.  Ability to select hard delete configuration for a Priority cleanup policy for OneDrive and SharePoint content and skip recycle bins.
20. 4 Nov 2026 · 13:10:08 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent → Incomplete
21. 4 Nov 2026 · 11:04:04 UTC Last changed5 May 2026 23:00 UTC → 19 Aug 2026 22:58 UTC
22. 4 Nov 2026 · 11:04:04 UTC CloudsDoD, GCC, GCC High → GCC, GCC High, DoD
23. 4 Nov 2026 · 11:04:04 UTC General availability targetNot stated → November CY2026
24. 4 Nov 2026 · 11:04:04 UTC Source coverage: merill-message-center-archiveCurrent → Not collected
25. 4 Nov 2026 · 11:04:04 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent
26. 4 Nov 2026 · 11:04:04 UTC Link: Microsoft Purview/roadmap?topic=Microsoft%20Purview&period=all#items → No longer listed in this observation
27. 4 Nov 2026 · 11:04:04 UTC Link: Purview/roadmap?topic=Purview&period=all#items
28. 4 Nov 2026 · 11:04:04 UTC Link: Microsoft roadmap entryhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=561034
29. 4 Nov 2026 · 11:04:04 UTC SummaryData Lifecycle Management allows compliance admins to retain, review and delete content in M365 workloads. Deletion of content to adhere to compliance requirements, admins can set up Retention policies or labels. To help prevent inadvertent data loss, M365 retention labels policies and M365 retention policies do not hard delete content immediately and keeps the data in Recycle Bins for 93 days for ODSP. Hard delete itself is a very costly process as it opens Microsoft to heavy legal implications in case of any data loss incident that may occur due to a misconfigured policy or regression. Priority Cleanup feature allows users to bypass retention, and eDiscovery holds to help customers comply to changing legal/compliance requirements or manage data spillage scenarios. This feature requires the ability to hard delete specific files from the scoped locations.  Ability to select hard delete configuration for a Priority cleanup policy for OneDrive and SharePoint content and skip recycle bins. → Data Lifecycle Management allows compliance admins to retain, review and delete content in M365 workloads. Deletion of content to adhere to compliance requirements, admins can set up Retention policies or labels. To help prevent inadvertent data loss, M365 retention labels policies and M365 retention policies do not hard delete content immediately and keeps the data in Recycle Bins for 93 days for ODSP. Hard delete itself is a very costly process as it opens Microsoft to heavy legal implications in case of any data loss incident that may occur due to a misconfigured policy or regression. Priority Cleanup feature allows users to bypass retention, and eDiscovery holds to help customers comply to changing legal/compliance requirements or manage data spillage scenarios. This feature requires the ability to hard delete specific files from the scoped locations. Ability to select hard delete configuration for a Priority cleanup policy for OneDrive and SharePoint content and skip recycle bins.
30. 4 Nov 2026 · 10:01:18 UTC Last changed19 Aug 2026 22:58 UTC → 5 May 2026 23:00 UTC
31. 4 Nov 2026 · 10:01:18 UTC CloudsGCC, GCC High, DoD → DoD, GCC, GCC High
32. 4 Nov 2026 · 10:01:18 UTC General availability targetNovember CY2026 → Not stated
33. 4 Nov 2026 · 10:01:18 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapIncomplete → Not collected
34. 4 Nov 2026 · 10:01:18 UTC Source coverage: merill-message-center-archiveCurrent
35. 4 Nov 2026 · 10:01:18 UTC Link: Purview/roadmap?topic=Purview&period=all#items → No longer listed in this observation
36. 4 Nov 2026 · 10:01:18 UTC Link: Microsoft roadmap entryhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=561034 → No longer listed in this observation
37. 4 Nov 2026 · 10:01:18 UTC Link: Microsoft Purview/roadmap?topic=Microsoft%20Purview&period=all#items
38. 4 Nov 2026 · 10:01:18 UTC SummaryData Lifecycle Management allows compliance admins to retain, review and delete content in M365 workloads. Deletion of content to adhere to compliance requirements, admins can set up Retention policies or labels. To help prevent inadvertent data loss, M365 retention labels policies and M365 retention policies do not hard delete content immediately and keeps the data in Recycle Bins for 93 days for ODSP. Hard delete itself is a very costly process as it opens Microsoft to heavy legal implications in case of any data loss incident that may occur due to a misconfigured policy or regression. Priority Cleanup feature allows users to bypass retention, and eDiscovery holds to help customers comply to changing legal/compliance requirements or manage data spillage scenarios. This feature requires the ability to hard delete specific files from the scoped locations. Ability to select hard delete configuration for a Priority cleanup policy for OneDrive and SharePoint content and skip recycle bins. → Data Lifecycle Management allows compliance admins to retain, review and delete content in M365 workloads. Deletion of content to adhere to compliance requirements, admins can set up Retention policies or labels. To help prevent inadvertent data loss, M365 retention labels policies and M365 retention policies do not hard delete content immediately and keeps the data in Recycle Bins for 93 days for ODSP. Hard delete itself is a very costly process as it opens Microsoft to heavy legal implications in case of any data loss incident that may occur due to a misconfigured policy or regression. Priority Cleanup feature allows users to bypass retention, and eDiscovery holds to help customers comply to changing legal/compliance requirements or manage data spillage scenarios. This feature requires the ability to hard delete specific files from the scoped locations.  Ability to select hard delete configuration for a Priority cleanup policy for OneDrive and SharePoint content and skip recycle bins.
39. 4 Nov 2026 · 07:16:39 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent → Incomplete
40. 3 Nov 2026 · 10:16:39 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapIncomplete → Current
41. 3 Nov 2026 · 09:13:39 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent → Incomplete
42. 28 Oct 2026 · 08:37:56 UTC Link: Microsoft roadmap entryhttps://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=561034 → https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=561034
43. 26 Oct 2026 · 18:49:55 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapIncomplete → Current
44. 26 Oct 2026 · 17:48:57 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent → Incomplete
45. 26 Oct 2026 · 06:24:14 UTC Link: Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernandohttps://mc.merill.net/message/RM561034
46. 25 Oct 2026 · 20:06:13 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapIncomplete → Current
47. 25 Oct 2026 · 18:13:50 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent → Incomplete
48. 24 Oct 2026 · 11:31:34 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapIncomplete → Current
49. 24 Oct 2026 · 09:51:08 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent → Incomplete
50. 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapIncomplete → Current
51. 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent → Incomplete
52. 22 Oct 2026 · 18:42:24 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapIncomplete → Current
53. 22 Oct 2026 · 17:41:25 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent → Incomplete
54. 21 Oct 2026 · 20:45:25 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapIncomplete → Current
55. 21 Oct 2026 · 19:44:24 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent → Incomplete
56. 18 Oct 2026 · 14:54:30 UTC Link: Purview/roadmap?topic=Purview&period=all#items
57. 15 Oct 2026 · 14:22:54 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapIncomplete → Current
58. 15 Oct 2026 · 13:21:54 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent → Incomplete
59. 15 Oct 2026 · 12:20:54 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapIncomplete → Current
60. 15 Oct 2026 · 11:19:54 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent → Incomplete
61. 14 Oct 2026 · 11:54:40 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapIncomplete → Current
62. 14 Oct 2026 · 11:22:42 UTC Source coverage: microsoft-365-roadmapCurrent → Incomplete