How to Exclude Workspaces from Archival Policies

Last updated: June 9, 2026

There may be workspaces that you do not want to be subject to a Archival policy. In Orchestry, you can ensure that certain workspaces are not subject to archival.

A few examples of such workspace are:

Intranet Sites:

You don't want to ever archive your Intranet as want these sites to live in perpetuity.

Organizational Teams:

Teams that are organizational-wide should be kept as the audience of the Team is so large

Historical Content:

Workspace that might not be actively used but required to exist should be kept.

Department Workspaces:

Workspaces for organizational departments are often designed to be permanent

How to Exclude an Individual Workspace from Archival

  1. Open the Workspace Details page of a given workspace

  2. Click on the EDIT button for the Archival policy

  3. Set the 'Exclude Workspace Review from Archivals' toggle to YES

Your changes will be saved automatically.

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How to Exclude Workspaces from Archival in Bulk via the ACTIONS Menu

  1. Navigate to the Workspace 'Reports' page

  2. Surface the workspaces you want to action (via reports, filters, search, etc.)

  3. Select the workspaces you want to action (up to 100 at a time)

  4. Click the ACTIONS button

  5. Select 'Exclude from Archival'

  6. Click APPLY

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TIP: Use the built-in 'Excluded from Archival' workspace report to monitor workspaces with this label assigned.

How to Exclude Individual Workspaces from Archival in Bulk via the Legacy Reports Page

  1. Navigate to the workspace 'Legacy Reports' page

  2. Click the checkbox for the workspaces you wish to assign a policy to

  3. Click Assign > Workspace Archival

  4. Once selected press the 'Assign Policy' button to bring up the dialogue window

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In the 'Assign policies to Workspaces' dialogue window:

  1. Set the 'Excluded from Archivals' toggle to YES for all selected workspaces

  2. Click the "Assign Policies to X workspaces" button to SAVE your changes

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TIP: Use the built-in "Excluded from Archival" report to review all workspaces with the EXCLUDE toggle enabled:

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