PARSER GUIDES

Document Retention

ParsersParser Settings

Control how long documents stay in PARSER before automatic deletion

Document retention lets you control how long PARSER keeps documents in a parser.

You can choose to:

• Keep documents forever
• Automatically delete them after a time period (for example, 30 days)

This helps if you want to keep your workspace clean or follow your own data retention policy.

Where to find it

1. Open your parser and go to Settings -> Parser Settings.

2. Scroll to Parsing Configuration.

3. Find Document retention.

Retention options

Keep forever

Choose Keep forever if you want documents to stay in PARSER until someone deletes them manually.

Auto-delete after

Choose Auto-delete after if you want documents to be removed automatically after a set time.

1. Select Auto-delete after.

2. Enter a number.

3. Choose a unit: Days, Weeks, Months, or Years.

4. Click Save Parser.

The minimum value is 1 day.

What gets deleted

Auto-delete applies to every document in the parser, regardless of status:

• Processed or approved
• Failed
• Skipped
• Uploading
• Queued
• Processing

Finished documents are counted from the time they finished. Documents that have not finished are counted from the time they were uploaded.

This is a permanent deletion of the document and its stored files. Export or download anything you need before shortening the retention period.

Tips

• Start with a longer period first (for example, 30 days), then shorten later if needed.
• If your team audits older documents, keep a longer retention period.
• Export important data before reducing retention time.

Next steps

• Exporting Data - Export data before old documents are removed
• Managing Parsers - Pause, resume, or delete parsers
• Credits and Billing - Understand billing and account behavior