Policy

Configure removal of items from Quarantine folder

Microsoft Windows

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Configure removal of items from Quarantine folder
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Quarantine
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting defines the number of days items should be kept in the Quarantine folder before being removed. If you enable this setting, items will be removed from the Quarantine folder after the number of days specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting, items will be kept in the quarantine folder indefinitely and will not be automatically removed.

Internal name
Quarantine_PurgeItemsAfterDelay
Policy ID
d526cdfb4adf
Elements
1

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.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Configure removal of items from Quarantine folder
ID Quarantine_PurgeItemsAfterDelay
decimal
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Quarantine
Value name
PurgeItemsAfterDelay
Type
REG_DWORD
Range: 0 to 10000000
Configure removal of items from Quarantine folder
Computer · Type decimal
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Quarantine
Value name
PurgeItemsAfterDelay
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Range: 0 to 10000000