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  2. Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide
  3. Configure Retention policies
  4. View deletion history
Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide

View deletion history

You can view the data that has been successfully deleted using the Deletion policy. All deletion activity is always audited. Use the following link to view any retention policy action that failed due to an error:

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To view deletion history

  1. Access the Administration portal URL.

    The home page of the Administration portal is displayed.

  2. Click Retention.
  3. On the left, click Deletion history.

    You can perform the following actions:

    • View the deleted files with its corresponding deletion date, policy, name of the Stor, and size of the file.

    • Sort the list by clicking the Sort all items by icon.

    • Export the list to Excel, by clicking the Export option.

    • Search for the specific data using the Refined search option.

To search for the specific data

  1. Click Refine search.
  2. On the Refine search page, select the search criteria and click Search.

    The files are displayed on the Deletion history page.

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