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Archive Cleanup

                                                                                                                                                                 

The Archive Cleanup feature lets you make a one to one match of the local data in the backup set to your account.

If data is deleted from your computer that has already been backed up, the corresponding data in your IDrive account would be permanently deleted. 

To run Archive Cleanup,
  1. In the Settings tab, go to Archive Cleanup.
  2. Click Cleanup Now. IDrive will generate a list of items to be deleted from your account.



  3.   Click Delete, to delete the files permanently from your account.
Alternatively, you can set up periodic automated cleanup by enabling Periodic Cleanup by using the check box. Set the number of days and percentage of data to be considered for cleanup.

Note
  • Archive Cleanup permanently deletes data that no longer exists on your computer to free up space in your account.
  • You can regulate the percentage according to your preference. The percentage mentioned here refers to files considered for deletion in your account as a percentage of the total number of files. The purpose of this percentage-based control is to avoid the large-scale deletion of files in your account due to some unforeseen event on your computer. For most aggressive cleanup, set the percentage to 100%.
  • Archive Cleanup is not supported for mapped and USB drives.
  • Users will need to delete empty folders manually in order to remove them from the account.
  • Archive Cleanup is not supported for entire machine backup data sets.
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