Starting July 2026, unlicensed OneDrive accounts enter a staged retention lifecycle: read-only at 60 days, archived at 93 days, and risk deletion after 12 months unpaid. Admins should reassign licenses, enable billing, migrate content, or adjust retention policies to manage data before deletion.
Applies to: Microsoft OneDrive
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