Archiving or deleting artifacts before their scheduled date

Editors can bypass active expiration and retention policies and use the On-demand lifecycle controls to immediately archive or delete all artifacts with an expiration date that falls before a specific date.

• Archiving all artifacts before a specific date
  1. Go to the Admin > Artifact management tab.
  2. In the On-demand lifecycle section, select Archive.
  3. Select the target date before which you want to archive all artifacts that are scheduled to expire.
  4. Click Archive.
  5. In the pop-up window that opens, click Archive now.
     Artifacts that match the criteria are immediately archived.
• Deleting all artifacts before a specific date
  1. Go to the Admin > Artifact management tab.
  2. In the On-demand lifecycle section, select Delete.
  3. Select the target date before which you want to delete all artifacts scheduled for automatic deletion.
  4. Click Delete.
  5. In the pop-up window that opens, click Delete now.
     Artifacts that match the criteria are immediately deleted. After they are deleted, you cannot recover these artifacts.
  Note: If published artifacts are excluded from deletion, the on demand delete option can still be seen but the published artifacts will not be deleted. For more information about how to set this exclusion, see Controlling access and permissions.