Policy

Configure Storage Sense cadence

Storage Sense can automatically clean some of the user’s files to free up disk space. If the group policy "Allow Storage Sense" is disabled, then this policy does not have any effect. Enabled: You must provide the desired Storage Sense cadence. Supported options are: daily, weekly, monthly, and during low free disk space. The default is 0 (during low free disk space). Disabled or Not Configured: By default, the Storage Sense cadence is set to “during low free disk space”. Users can configure this setting in Storage settings.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategorySystem / Storage Sense
Policy IDefaf0b4125a3
Internal nameSS_ConfigStorageSenseGlobalCadence

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\StorageSense\ConfigStorageSenseGlobalCadence

Policy notes

Storage Sense can automatically clean some of the user’s files to free up disk space. If the group policy "Allow Storage Sense" is disabled, then this policy does not have any effect. Enabled: You must provide the desired Storage Sense cadence. Supported options are: daily, weekly, monthly, and during low free disk space. The default is 0 (during low free disk space). Disabled or Not Configured: By default, the Storage Sense cadence is set to “during low free disk space”. Users can configure this setting in Storage settings.

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