Policy
Configure Storage Sense Cloud Content dehydration threshold
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016
When Storage Sense runs, it can dehydrate cloud-backed content that hasn’t been opened in a certain amount of days. If the group policy "Allow Storage Sense" is disabled, then this policy does not have any effect. Enabled: You must provide the minimum number of days a cloud-backed file can remain unopened before Storage Sense dehydrates it from the sync root. Supported values are: 0 - 365. If you set this value to zero, Storage Sense will not dehydrate any cloud-backed content. The default value is 0, or never dehydrating cloud-backed content. Disabled or Not Configured: By default, Storage Sense will not dehydrate any cloud-backed content. Users can configure this setting in Storage settings.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Number of days since a cloud-backed file has been opened before Storage Sense will dehydrate it (0 is never dehydrating files): ID StorageSenseCloudContentDehydrationThreshold | decimal | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\StorageSense Value name ConfigStorageSenseCloudContentDehydrationThreshold Type REG_DWORD | Range: 0 to 365 |