Remove deleted files search results

As previously stated, you can perform a search and purge operation on a maximum of 50, mailboxes even if less than 50, contain items that match the search query. If you have to do a search and purge operation on more than 50, mailboxes, consider creating temporary search permissions filters that reduce the number of mailboxes that would be searched to less than 50, mailboxes.

For example, if your organization contains mailboxes in different departments, states, or countries, you can create a mailbox search permissions filter based on one of those mailbox properties to search a subset of mailboxes in your organization. After you create the search permissions filter, you would create the search described in Step 1 and then delete the message described in Step 3. Then you can edit the filter to search for and purge messages in a different set of mailboxes.

For more information about creating search permissions filters, see Configure permissions filtering for Content Search. What happens if a message is deleted from a mailbox that has been placed on In-Place Hold or Litigation Hold or is assigned to an Microsoft retention policy?

After the message is purged and moved to the Purges folder, the message is retained until the hold duration expires. If the hold duration is unlimited, then items are retained until the hold is removed or the hold duration is changed. Why is the search and remove workflow divided among different security and compliance center role groups? As previously explained, a person has to be a member of the eDiscovery Manager role group or be assigned the Compliance Search management role to search mailboxes.

To delete messages, a person has to be a member of the Organization Management role group or be assigned the Search And Purge management role. This makes it possible to control who can search mailboxes in the organization and who can delete messages.

Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Is this page helpful? Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Caution Search and purge is a powerful feature that allows anyone that is assigned the necessary permissions to delete email messages from mailboxes in your organization.

Note The Organization Management role group exists in both Exchange Online and in the Microsoft compliance center. Note The content locations that are searched in the Content search that you create in this step can't include SharePoint or OneDrive for Business sites. Note As previously stated, items from Microsoft Teams that are returned by Content search are not deleted when you run the the New-ComplianceSearchAction -Purge command.

Thanks for your feedback. I had previously rebuilt the index about , files without any success. The problem still persisted.

I've only done one test run but it seems like the problem is solved. Hopefully whatever caused the problem is gone for good. As a side note, the only other change I made was to save the index on the C drive.

Previously it was running off my D drive. I don't know if that would make a difference. Hello, I really hope someone can help me. My problem is that search results in Windows explorer don't seem to be refreshing.

My problem is that when I delete these files they still appear in the search results. It doesn't matter what I do, the deleted files will still appear in the search results. I've emptied the recycle bin - same problem. Restart the computer - same problem. Unplug the external drive and try again - same problem. Microsoft has changed File Explorer but it appears to have left out an option to easily delete the search history. We recommend you try methods 1 and 2, and then try 4.

You might want to edit the registry last. Once the search history has been deleted, new history will be populated based on your searches. Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Home Windows. If you have Office operated by 21Vianet China , sign in to the Microsoft admin center , then browse to the SharePoint admin center and open the More features page. On the search administration page, select Remove Search Results. Enter one URL on each line. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info.