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

  • Number of days since a cloud-backed file has been opened before Storage Sense will dehydrate it (0 is never dehydrating files):

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • ConfigStorageSenseCloudContentDehydrationThresholdREG_DWORD

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