You can delete a user or a user group from a OneDrive for Business app. After you delete a user, you can still restore the user's data.
After a user is deleted, you can browse the user's data for 60 days after the date of deletion. After 60 days, until the retention criteria is met, you can continue to browse the deleted user's data using the Show deleted items option. After the retention criteria is met, the user data expires.
For example, if data retention is set to 3 months and the user is deleted on January 1, until March 1, you can browse the deleted user's data as active items. After March 1, you can browse the deleted user's data only by using Show deleted items. After April 1, the deleted user's data cannot be restored or browsed.
Important
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If a user or an Azure Active Directory (AD) group is deleted from the Microsoft 365 admin portal, the user status is updated to Deleted from content in the Command Center after the next discovery job. These users are excluded from future backups.
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If only the user's license is revoked in the Microsoft 365 admin portal, the user remains active in the Command Center with the license status set to License revoked. Backups continue to run for the user.
Procedure
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From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Microsoft 365.
The Microsoft 365 Overview page appears.
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On the Apps tab, click the app.
The Overview page of the app appears.
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Perform one of the following tasks depending on the entity you want to delete:
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On the Users tab, select one or more users that you want to delete, click the menu icon
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On the Content tab, select one or more user groups that you want to delete, click the menu icon
, and then click Manage > Remove from content.
A confirmation dialog box appears.
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Click Yes.