Configure Storage Sense Cloud Content dehydration threshold
- Policy ID
- SS_ConfigStorageSenseCloudContentDehydrationThreshold
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1903
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- System › Storage Sense
Description
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.
Options
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- ConfigStorageSenseCloudContentDehydrationThresholdREG_DWORD