Retention settings for documents and audit records
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Updated Apr 13, 2026
Retention settings help align the workspace with legal, operational, and governance expectations. Signelio keeps these controls in the dedicated compliance settings surface so they stay visible and auditable.
Before you begin
Owner or admin access
A documented retention expectation from your team or counsel
Awareness of how exported artifacts are stored outside the app
Review the available retention controls
Compliance settings cover completed document retention, audit log retention, deleted-account grace periods, and compliance report cadence.
Use those settings to reflect the policy your team actually intends to follow.
Separate operational storage from policy
Changing retention settings does not automatically solve downstream storage questions.
Make sure exported signed PDFs, manifests, certificates, and compliance exports are governed appropriately outside the app as well.
Record changes carefully
Retention settings affect how future reviewers experience the workspace, so they should not be changed casually.
Keep a simple internal change log if your governance program expects it.
Pro Tips
Review retention whenever legal or compliance policy changes.
Keep one owner for compliance settings if possible.
Align downstream storage with in-app retention choices.
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