{"id":"settings.what-are-the-archive-and-delete-floors","url":"/faq/settings/what-are-the-archive-and-delete-floors","category":{"id":"settings","title":"Settings & keep-time"},"subcategory":{"id":"rules-safety","title":"Rules and safety floors"},"question":"What do the archive and delete floor settings do?","alt_questions":["Floor raise all archive ages","Floor raise all delete ages","storage studio global age floor","0 = use per-rule values meaning","Make all rules wait longer"],"short_answer":"They raise the minimum age for all move rules or all delete rules at once. A floor can only make rules more cautious, never less; set it to 0 to use each rule's own age.","answer_markdown":"They let you raise the minimum age for a whole group of rules at once, without editing each one. **Floor — raise all archive ages to at least** applies to move rules; **Floor — raise all delete ages to at least** applies to delete rules. Both are under **Global overrides** in **Settings → Rules**.\n\nA floor can only make rules *more* cautious: each rule uses whichever is older, its own age or the floor. Set a floor to **0** to turn it off and let each rule's own age stand.","answer_html":"

They let you raise the minimum age for a whole group of rules at once, without editing each one. Floor — raise all archive ages to at least applies to move rules; Floor — raise all delete ages to at least applies to delete rules. Both are under Global overrides in Settings → Rules.

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A floor can only make rules more cautious: each rule uses whichever is older, its own age or the floor. Set a floor to 0 to turn it off and let each rule's own age stand.

","answer_text":"They let you raise the minimum age for a whole group of rules at once, without editing each one. Floor — raise all archive ages to at least applies to move rules; Floor — raise all delete ages to at least applies to delete rules. Both are under Global overrides in Settings → Rules.\n\nA floor can only make rules more cautious: each rule uses whichever is older, its own age or the floor. Set a floor to 0 to turn it off and let each rule's own age stand.","tags":["rules","age floor","safety"],"related":[{"id":"settings.what-is-the-hard-floor-setting","question":"What is the \"Hard floor\" in Storage Studio's Rules settings?","url":"/faq/settings/what-is-the-hard-floor-setting"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"What do the archive and delete floor settings do? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"They raise the minimum age for all move rules or all delete rules at once. A floor can only make rules more cautious, never less; set it to 0 to use each rule's own age.","crumbs":[{"name":"Home","path":"/"},{"name":"FAQ","path":"/faq/"},{"name":"Settings & keep-time","path":"/faq/settings/"},{"name":"What do the archive and delete floor settings do?","path":"/faq/settings/what-are-the-archive-and-delete-floors"}],"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/settings/what-are-the-archive-and-delete-floors","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-10-01","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What do the archive and delete floor settings do?","alternateName":["Floor raise all archive ages","Floor raise all delete ages","storage studio global age floor","0 = use per-rule values meaning","Make all rules wait longer"],"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"They let you raise the minimum age for a whole group of rules at once, without editing each one. Floor — raise all archive ages to at least applies to move rules; Floor — raise all delete ages to at least applies to delete rules. Both are under Global overrides in Settings → Rules.\n\nA floor can only make rules more cautious: each rule uses whichever is older, its own age or the floor. Set a floor to 0 to turn it off and let each rule's own age stand.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/settings/what-are-the-archive-and-delete-floors"}}]},"fragment":"
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Settings & keep-time · Rules and safety floors

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What do the archive and delete floor settings do?

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Short answer: They raise the minimum age for all move rules or all delete rules at once. A floor can only make rules more cautious, never less; set it to 0 to use each rule's own age.

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They let you raise the minimum age for a whole group of rules at once, without editing each one. Floor — raise all archive ages to at least applies to move rules; Floor — raise all delete ages to at least applies to delete rules. Both are under Global overrides in Settings → Rules.

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A floor can only make rules more cautious: each rule uses whichever is older, its own age or the floor. Set a floor to 0 to turn it off and let each rule's own age stand.

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