Limit the age of files in the BITS Peercache

Policy ID
BITS_MaxContentAge
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Vista
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Network › Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)

Description

This policy setting limits the maximum age of files in the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) peer cache. In order to make the most efficient use of disk space, by default BITS removes any files in the peer cache that have not been accessed in the past 90 days.

If you enable this policy setting, you can specify in days the maximum age of files in the cache. You can enter a value between 1 and 120 days.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, files that have not been accessed for the past 90 days will be removed from the peer cache.

Note: This policy setting has no effect if the "Allow BITS Peercaching" policy setting is disabled or not configured.

Options

  • Number of days:

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • MaxContentAgeREG_DWORD

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