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Retention, discovery & co-determination — found from sitemap — Rocket.Chat
Checked for Rocket.Chat on 5 Oct 2026
- Page
- https://docs.rocket.chat/docs/retention-policy
- Checked
- 5 Oct 2026, 04:42 UTC
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Facts read from this source
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Default retention Report an error
“By default, messages in Rocket.Chat are never deleted.”
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Retention policy capability Report an error
“Retention policy in Rocket.Chat enables you to automatically delete old messages and files in your workspace based on custom rules.”
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Retention omnichannel excluded Report an error
“Omnichannel messages are not governed by the retention policy settings; they have separate controls.”
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Retention policy permissions Report an error
“Retention policies depend on two permissions: edit-privileged-setting: It is required to set a global retention policy. edit-room-retention-policy: It is required to set a per-room retention policy.”
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Retention permissions default admins Report an error
“By default, these permissions are assigned to administrators only.”
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Retention timer precision Report an error
“Timer Precision Select how often the deletion script should run.”
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Retention advanced cron Report an error
“Enable this option to use an advanced retention policy configuration, which provides more granular control of the pruning frequency.”
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Retention policy levels Report an error
“There are two levels of retention policies in Rocket.Chat: global policies (enforced across the entire workspace) and per-room policies (implemented in specified rooms).”
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Retention global scopes Report an error
“The policy is split into three parts: one for all channels, one for all private groups, and one for all direct messages.”
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Retention age units Report an error
“This option sets the time period (in days, hours, or minutes) for automatically deleting messages.”
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Retention pin exclusion Report an error
“Do not prune pinned messages: If enabled, pinned messages are not deleted.”
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Retention files only mode Report an error
“Only delete files: If enabled, messages are not deleted, but files are. They are replaced by a simple File removed by automatic prune message.”
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Retention discussion exclusion Report an error
“Do not prune discussion messages: If enabled, discussion messages are not deleted. All discussions in your workspace remain intact.”
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Retention thread exclusion Report an error
“Do not prune Threads: When enabled, threads are not deleted. All threads in your workspace remain intact.”
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Retention room override Report an error
“Override global retention policy: When enabled, you can define a retention policy for the room that overrides the global policy.”
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Retention user visible warning Report an error
“A warning is displayed if an automated policy (global or per-room) is present.”
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Manual prune Report an error
“You can also manually prune selected messages in a room as needed, outside of the automated retention policies”
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Manual prune filters Report an error
“Only prune content from these users: Select users to delete their messages. Leave empty to prune everyone's content.”
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Retention messages collection Report an error
“In the database, the retention policy deletes data from the rocketchat_messages collection, which is responsible for storing all chat messages.”