How to Enable Immediate Retention Cleanup

By default, backup retention policies may run separately from the backup job itself. Enabling Immediate Retention Cleanup ensures that old backup data is removed immediately after a backup completes, helping keep your storage usage under control.

This setting is useful if you want retention rules to be applied right away rather than waiting for a later cleanup process.

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Step 1 — Open the Protected Item Configuration

1. Open the eazyBackup client software

2. Select the Protected Item you want to modify

3. Click Configure

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Step 2 — Open the Schedule Settings

1. Select the Schedule tab

2. Select the schedule you want to edit

3. Click the Edit (pencil) icon

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Step 3 — Enable Immediate Retention Cleanup

1. In the schedule window, select the Advanced tab

2. Locate the option Apply retention policy after backup

3. Set this option to Run immediately

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Step 4 — Save the Changes

Click Save to apply the new schedule settings.

Once enabled, it may take 1-2 backup jobs to:

• Complete the backup and locate expired data

• Run the retention policy

• Remove any old backup data according to your configured retention rules