---
title: "Keeping the Staging Area Tidy"
description: "Tasks expire 30 days after their last activity; delete finished Tasks yourself; the history stays."
source: "https://help.rikaiso.com/public-cloud/2026.2/staging-housekeeping"
edition: "public-cloud"
editionLabel: "S/4HANA Public Cloud"
version: "2026.2"
latest: true
language: "en"
section: "Working with Master Data"
updated: "2026-11-05"
---

# Keeping the Staging Area Tidy

> Tasks expire 30 days after their last activity; delete finished Tasks yourself; the history stays.

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

**Page type:** Task · **Audience:** Business user

**Contains**

- Tasks expire 30 days after the last activity (never while a run owns them); the "Task Will Be Deleted On" column and header field.
- Deleting finished Tasks yourself; what the history keeps (an entry "Task expired" or "Task deleted").

**Related information:** `deleting-records-and-tasks`, `data-retention`.

**Source in the product repository:** `srv/lib/task-retention.js` (D65).