# Trash Bin Retention Time

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/trash-bin-retention-time/45494>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** nc15\
**Created:** [January 18, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/trash-bin-retention-time/45494 "2019-01-18T16:12:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![h3rb3rt](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/h3rb3rt/32/9824_2.png) [@h3rb3rt](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/h3rb3rt)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/trash-bin-retention-time/45494/5 "2020-01-09T13:10:28Z")

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Have the same issue, waiting for 4 days now, no deletion happened

> [@Trashbin\_retention\_obligation](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/trashbin-retention-obligation/31119/3):
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> I realized, that my trash bin never got deleted. Which makes sense based on the documentation, the default setting 'trashbin\_retention\_obligation' =\> 'auto' and my users who do not have any quota being configured. Now I changed the setting to 'trashbin\_retention\_obligation' =\> '30,180',in config.php and even after deleting files, adding new files and ensuring the the cron job is working correctly every 5 minutes, I still have files in my trash bin older then 180 days. Actually I have still file…

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