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. 

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. Select the retention settings from the Select policy category dropdown, as required.
   

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

4. Define the time-intervals for retaining the backups.
5. Click Apply.
   

   Note: 

   • These settings apply to all the backups on the cloud.
   • The latest full and incremental backups of each device will always be retained on the cloud.