Google Drive to Auto-Delete Trash Items After 30 Days
Sep. 16, 2020Google Drivecurrently keeps all your deleted items in the trash unless you empty it. However, the company is changing that behavior next month. Starting October 13,Google Drive will automatically delete items in the trash after 30 days.
That doesn’t mean that the existing trash items will get deleted on October 13, though. The30-day count starts on October 13and files will remain until they hit this timeframe.
“This change matches the policies of other G Suite products and services, such as Gmail. This will help ensure behavior is consistent and predictable for users across G Suite products, and will help make sure that items users trash are actually deleted as expected,”says Google.
If you’re an administrator, Google points out that you can still restore items from a user’s trash for up to 25 days for active users. Take a look at Google’s official policy change notes below:
Google will send in-app notifications to inform usersabout this change. The banner will show up in Drive starting today and Google will start showing it in otherGsuiteproducts likeGoogle Docsand Google Forms from September 29.
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