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What is the best way to deleting data that is older than one year old? - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p>What is the best way to deleting data that is older than 1 year old?</p> <h2 data-id="resolution"><strong>RESOLUTION</strong></h2> <p>When data is <b>less than one year old</b>, you can use the<br> <b>RECOVER</b> > Backup Catalog > Backup Browser (button on top)<br><br>This gives you easy access to the backups, easily add/remove column headers (e.g.: add size but remove LTR), and multi-sort to show your backups in an understandable, historical manner. You can select multiple items for deletion and click Delete once and approve it. The <b>Backup Browser's limit is 12 months</b>.<br><br><b>When you have more than one year worth of data</b>, you will need to use<br><b> RECOVER > Backup Catalog > FILTER BACKUPS</b> </p> <ol><li>Click on <b>TO</b> and change to the value to the previous year</li> <li>Click on <b>FROM</b> and change the year value to an even older one</li> <li>Remove the checkbox from SUCCESSES</li> <li>Click the button labeled, <b>Filter</b>.</li> </ol><br>When the report is displayed, you may want to click on the <b>calendar button</b>, just above the column headers (flip calendar symbol with the number <b>29 </b>in it). This will re-sort the output into the days of the calendar year when the backups were taken. You can then expand those dates, and delete what is needed. Once you have chosen what to delete, check the total dates affected, and if you are OK with the choice, click <b>Confirm</b>. </article> </main>