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RETENTION LABEL applied which will retain the files forever

Written September 2022. Microsoft changes these admin screens often, so the screenshots below may not match what you see today. The sequence of steps is usually still correct — if something looks wrong, tell us and we'll update it.

Step 1: Sign into Office 365

Step 2: open https://compliance.microsoft.com/informationgovernance?viewid=labels

Click on +Create a label

Click next

Review and click finish

Now create label policy

Choose a label

Choose static

Select scope

Name it again and finish

Wait for 10 minutes it will take time to publish

Open SharePoint and any of site click on library settings

Choose the RED highlighted option

Here we have


Select and save

  • 1.      Now let’s apply a label to any offile
  • 2.      Go to documents Library
  • 3.      Select anydocument/file

After applying label try to delete a file and it will show error like.

Setup completed

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