The IDrive BMR cloud retention policy allows you to retain data that you need for a time period specified by you, and thereby avoid storing data that is no longer needed. The cloud retention settings specified by you will be applied at the account level. You cannot specify the retention time for individual IDrive BMR devices or protected machines.

To manage your backups,

1. Sign in to the IDrive BMR web console.
2. Hover over Cloud Retention Policy and click Manage Policy Settings.
   
   
   
   
3. In the pop-up that appears, use the dropdown to choose the retention time for your incremental backup and full image backup.
   

   Note: Cloud retention is calculated from the date of cloud replication, not the local backup date.

4. Click Apply.

   Note: 

   • These settings apply to all the backups on the cloud.This feature is available only for computer backups.
   • The latest full and incremental backups of each device will always be retained on the cloud.