Performing a system purge

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When an item expires, it is still retained in the database. In addition, you can also retain deleted items in the database. Periodically you may want to perform a system purge to permanently remove expired and deleted items from the database.
	When you perform a system purge, items are permanently removed from the database. You must be the content area administrator, the portal administrator, or have Manage privileges on All Content Areas to perform a system purge.

To perform a system purge:

In the Navigator, click the Content Areas tab. Navigate to the root path. In the row for your content area, click Edit. Click Items. Select Purge Deleted Items to remove deleted items during the system purge. Select Purge Expired Items to remove expired items during the system purge. Click Purge. When the purge is completed, click OK.

Note

A system purge may take a few minutes if there are a lot of deleted and/or expired items.

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Deleting an item Expiring an item	Changing an item's expiration period

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