New-SPOListFileVersionBatchDeleteJob

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Module:
Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell
Applies to:
SharePoint Online

Queues a job to trim versions from a document library.

Syntax

New-SPOListFileVersionBatchDeleteJob
   [-Site] <SpoSitePipeBind>
   [-List] <SpoListPipeBind>
   [-Automatic]
   [-DeleteBeforeDays <Int32>]
   [-MajorVersionLimit <Int32>]
   [-MajorWithMinorVersionsLimit <Int32>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Queues a job to trim versions from a document library.

Caution: Versions trimmed using this command will be permanently deleted and cannot be recovered from the recycle bin.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

New-SPOListFileVersionBatchDeleteJob -Site https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/site1 -List "Documents" -DeleteBeforeDays 360

Example 1 starts a trim job that will delete all file versions that are over 360 days old in the document library called "Documents".

EXAMPLE 2

New-SPOListFileVersionBatchDeleteJob -Site https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/site1 -List "Documents" -Automatic

Example 2 starts a trim job that will delete file versions that expired and set version expiration time for the ones not expired in the document library called "Documents" based on the automatic backend algorithm.

EXAMPLE 3

New-SPOListFileVersionBatchDeleteJob -Site https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/site1 -List "Documents" -MajorVersionLimit 30 -MajorWithMinorVersionsLimit 10

Example 3 starts a trim job that will delete file versions in the document library called "Documents" based on the version count limits.

Parameters

-Automatic

Trim file versions using automatic version history limit algorithm.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-DeleteBeforeDays

The minimum age of file versions to trim. In other words, all file versions that are older than this number of days will be deleted.

Type:int
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-List

The document library name or Id.

Type:SPOListPipeBind
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-MajorVersionLimit

Trim file version using version count limits. Need to specify MajorWithMinorVersionsLimit as well.

Type:int
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-MajorWithMinorVersionsLimit

Trim file version using version count limits. Need to specify MajorVersionLimit as well.

Type:int
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Site

Specifies the URL of the site.

Type:SpoSitePipeBind
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:SharePoint Online