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Microsoft Purview · Data lifecycle management

Permanently delete SharePoint and OneDrive files with Priority Cleanup

Preview August 2026
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Permanently delete SharePoint and OneDrive files with Priority Cleanup. After simulation, review, and required approvals, selected files bypass the recycle bins and are no longer discoverable in SharePoint search, Microsoft 365 Copilot, or eDiscovery.

Terms in this update

  • DLM (Data Lifecycle Management)Data Lifecycle Management: deciding in Microsoft Purview how long information in Microsoft 365 is kept and when it…
  • SharePoint OnlineSharePoint Online is the Microsoft 365 cloud service for storing, sharing and managing documents and information in sites.…
  • Microsoft 365 CopilotMicrosoft 365 Copilot is the AI assistant in Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, Outlook and Microsoft Teams.…
  • eDiscoveryeDiscovery in Microsoft Purview is searching for, preserving, reviewing and exporting information from mail, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive.…
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This is in the weekly digest for week 39 · What changed this week? →

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Microsoft Purview
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Preview
Area
Data lifecycle management
Released
August 2026

Where to find it

Microsoft Purview portal → Solutions → Data lifecycle management ↗

Preview: not visible in every tenant yet and may still change.

Microsoft documentation

  • Permanently delete SharePoint and OneDrive files with Priority Cleanup ↗learn.microsoft.com

Timeline

  1. August 2026Listed by Microsoft

Guides by 365Fanatic

  • Phased DLP rollout on the sensitivity-label schema
  • Sensitivity labels: architecture, schema and phased rollout
  • Disposition review: read items and change them in bulk with PowerShell

More Purview updates

ReleasedAugust 2026 Remove a retention hold from an unlicensed OneDrive site by using Security & Compliance PowerShell UpdatedAugust 2026 When you remove the last hold from an inactive mailbox, Microsoft 365 automatically applies a 30-day delay hold UpdatedJuly 2026 Priority cleanup policies now require three separate approvals before content can be permanently deleted ReleasedSeptember 2026 Create an Information Barriers policy compliance report to identify SharePoint sites, OneDrive accounts,… Generally availableSeptember 2026 Integrate Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access with Purview to protect text, files, and AI interactions at the network layer UpdatedAugust 2026 Added guidance describing how to provide external users access to open files protected by user-defined permissions sensitivity labels

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