Confluence Cloud - Retention Policy for Trash (Deleted Pages)

[Matt Finn]

Hey community, 

Does anyone know if confluence cloud has the ability to set retention policies for spaces and pages where content is deleted by the users. 

Looking at my trash, I can see content going back to 2020. 

I'm aware this was possible on confluence server, and that there are plug in's available on Atlassian marketplace. 

Cheers

[Barbara Szczesniak · Accepted solution]

@Matt Finn Welcome to the Atlassian community.

As @Daniel M_ mentioned, you cannot set your own retention rules, but, with regard to Spaces, this change is noted on the https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/delete-a-space/ page:

Starting on January 6th, 2025, we will permanently delete spaces that have been in the trash for at least 60 days. We recommend that all Confluence admins go to Confluence administration > Data management > Trashed spaces before that date to make sure there aren’t any spaces in the trash that shouldn’t be.

[Daniel M_ · Accepted solution]

Hey @Matt Finn 

Unfortunately, there isn't another way besides the option you already mentioned from the Marketplace.

There is a Feature Request for this:

• CONFCLOUD-81874: Cloud | Set retention rules to delete unwanted data 

Make sure you add a vote and a comment in that ticket. Learn more about how this helps in our Implementation of New Features Policy.

Regards!

Daniel M.