Vault Project Retention

Learn how to configure and manage project-level data retention settings in Vault, including triggers and deletion timelines.

Last updated: May 13, 2025

Note: Vault project-level retention is separate from your workspace’s query-level retention. Admins must work with their Harvey team to enable project-level retention.

Overview

Vault Data Retention can be configured at the project level, based on either the project creation date or the time of the last project update. Admins will need to work with their Harvey Success or Support team to configure Vault project-level retention using one of two options:

  • On project creation
    • Delete project x days* after the project was created
  • On project update
    • Delete project x days* after it was last updated

*The x value represents the configured number of days for your vault retention period

What Counts as a Project Update?

When project-level retention is enabled with the "on project update" setting, certain actions will reset the "last updated" timestamp and extend your project's retention period. Here's a breakdown of what counts as an update and what doesn't.

Actions that trigger an update:

  • Queries: Creating, deleting, renaming, or updating a query
    • Threads: Adding follow-up messages, regenerating content, editing, or creating new revisions
    • Review: Adding, editing, re-running, or deleting columns
  • Files & Folders: Adding, modifying, renaming, moving, or deleting files or folders
  • Project Details: Updating the project title
  • Sharing & Access: Adding or removing users, changing access levels

Actions that do NOT trigger an update:

  • Viewing a project without making changes
  • Favoriting a project query in your history
  • Providing feedback (thumbs up/down) in threads or Review cells
  • Exporting a query