# Upcoming Purges & Exemptions

This section contains three tabs: **Upcoming Purges**, **Upcoming Chat Purges**, and **Exemptions**.

## Upcoming Purges

The Upcoming Purges tab lists all conversations currently in the deletion queue. These conversations have matched a rule and are counting down through their grace period.

Use the filters to search by keyword, inbox, tag, or category.

### Cancelling a scheduled deletion

1. Find the conversation in the list.
2. Click **Remove**.
3. Confirm in the dialog.

The conversation is marked as exempt and the "Purge" tag is removed automatically. It will not be queued for deletion again unless the exemption is lifted. The conversation then appears in the **Exemptions** tab.

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## Upcoming Chat Purges

The **Upcoming Chat Purges** tab lists personal chat conversations queued for deletion following a member's removal from the workspace. When a user is removed, their private chat conversations are automatically scheduled for purging.

Admins can review the list and click **Remove** next to any conversation to permanently exempt it from deletion. Exempted conversations will not be queued again.

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## Exemptions

The Exemptions tab lists all conversations that have been manually removed from the purge queue. Exempt conversations are protected from automatic purging until the exemption is lifted.

### Lifting an exemption

1. Click **Lift exemption** next to the conversation.
2. Confirm in the dialog.

On the next purge job run, the conversation will be re-evaluated against all active rules. If it matches a rule, a fresh grace period begins from that point.

**Warning:** Lifting an exemption may result in the conversation being queued for deletion again.