Add/Edit Tag
This page creates a retention tag, or opens an existing one for editing when you arrive from the Edit Tag action. The two modes use the same form, with one difference: Tag Type can only be set when the tag is created, so it is locked when you are editing.
Tag Name
The name the tag is listed and selected under. Required.
Tag Type
What the tag applies to. Required, and fixed once the tag exists. Personal is the type users apply themselves, All is a default policy tag covering the whole mailbox, and the remaining options target a single default folder such as Inbox, Sent Items, Deleted Items, or Junk Email.
Retention Action
What happens when the age limit is reached: Delete and Allow Recovery, Permanently Delete, Move to Archive, or Mark as Past Retention Limit.
Age Limit (Days)
How many days a message is kept before the retention action is applied.
Retention Enabled
Whether the tag actually acts on mail. Turning it off leaves the tag in place but stops it doing anything, which is the usual way to suspend a tag without unlinking it from its policies.
Comment
Free text stored with the tag, useful for recording why it exists.
Localized Tag Name
A display name shown to users whose Outlook runs in another language.
Localized Comment
A comment shown to users whose Outlook runs in another language.
A tag on its own does nothing. It has to be added to a retention policy on Add/Edit Policy, and that policy applied to a mailbox, before it affects any mail.
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