---
title: "Data Retention and Housekeeping"
description: "How long Tasks, uploaded files, the history, settings and saved filter links are kept, what users can delete themselves and what support can purge on demand."
source: "https://help.rikaiso.com/public-cloud/2026.2/data-retention"
edition: "public-cloud"
editionLabel: "S/4HANA Public Cloud"
version: "2026.2"
latest: true
language: "en"
section: "Information for Administrators"
updated: "2026-11-05"
---

# Data Retention and Housekeeping

> How long Tasks, uploaded files, the history, settings and saved filter links are kept, what users can delete themselves and what support can purge on demand.

> **Draft brief for authors.** Replace with the final text; keep the structure.

**Page type:** Reference · **Audience:** Administrator, Data protection officer

**Contains** one table:

| Data | Kept | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tasks (staged records, upload record, run headers, per-record results) | 30 days after the last activity | never while a run owns the Task; the "Task Will Be Deleted On" column |
| Uploaded file content | until the upload has staged its records or was stopped | |
| Activity history | 400 days; per-record results 90 days; diagnostics 30 days | |
| Launchpad settings and in-app personalization | 400 days without a change; 500 entries per user and store | |
| Saved filter links (app states) | 30 days | |

- What a user can delete themselves (Tasks, records); what support can purge on demand (expired Tasks).

**Related information:** `staging-housekeeping`, `data-stored`, `security-and-data-protection`.

**Source in the product repository:** `srv/lib/task-retention.js`, the activity retention settings in `srv/lib`, launchpad review (D130), decision D59.