- 06 Apr 2022
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Create a purge type
- Updated on 06 Apr 2022
- 1 minute to read
As part of user data management on your site, you can create purge types to control which data can be permanently deleted. Each purge type contains a customised list of data items to be removed when a user is suspended or deleted.
To create a new purge type, follow these steps:
- Go to Quick-access menu > Users > User data management > Purge type.
- Click Create purge type in the top-right corner of the screen.
- Select the user status for which you want to apply the purge type. Choose from Deleted, Suspended, and Active.
- Click Continue.
- Configure the settings as required.
- Click Add to complete the process.
Occasionally new components may be added to the system (e.g. a new plugin is installed) which means there are potentially more items containing user data. These items will be ignored by existing purge types until a Site Administrator has edited the types affected (by choosing whether to select them or not for purge). Administrators will receive a notification that new items have been added. When editing an affected purge type, the individual items will be highlighted with a New label. Once the purge type is saved, the labels and warning will be removed.
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