chromium/components/policy/resources/templates/policy_definitions/Miscellaneous/BrowsingDataLifetime.yaml

caption: Browsing Data Lifetime Settings
desc: |-
  Configures browsing data lifetime settings for <ph name="PRODUCT_NAME">$1<ex>Google Chrome</ex></ph>. This policy allows admins to configure (per data-type) when data is deleted by the browser. This is useful for customers that work with sensitive customer data.

  Warning: Setting this policy can impact and permanently remove local personal data. It is recommended to test your settings before deploying to prevent accidental deletion of personal data.

  The available data types are <ph name="DATA_TYPE_BROWSING_HISTORY">'browsing_history'</ph>, <ph name="DATA_TYPE_DOWNLOAD_HISTORY">'download_history'</ph>, <ph name="DATA_TYPE_COOKIES_AND_OTHER_SITE_DATA">'cookies_and_other_site_data'</ph>, <ph name="DATA_TYPE_CACHED_IMAGES_AND_FILES">'cached_images_and_files'</ph>, <ph name="DATA_TYPE_PASSWORD">'password_signin'</ph>, <ph name="DATA_TYPE_AUTOFILL">'autofill'</ph>, <ph name="DATA_TYPE_SITE_SETTINGS">'site_settings'</ph> and <ph name="DATA_TYPE_HOSTED_APP_DATA">'hosted_app_data'</ph>. <ph name="DATA_TYPE_DOWNLOAD_HISTORY">'download_history'</ph> and <ph name="DATA_TYPE_HOSTED_APP_DATA">'hosted_app_data'</ph> are not supported on Android.

  The browser will automatically remove data of selected types that is older than <ph name="TIME_TO_LIVE_IN_HOURS">'time_to_live_in_hours'</ph>. The minimum value that can be set is 1 hour.

  The deletion of expired data will happen 15 seconds after the browser starts then every 30 minutes while the browser is running.

  Until Chrome 114, this policy required the <ph name="SYNC_DISABLED_POLICY_NAME">SyncDisabled</ph> policy to be set to true. Starting Chrome 115, setting this policy will disable sync for the respective data types if neither `<ph name="CHROME_SYNC_NAME">Chrome Sync</ph>` is disabled by setting the <ph name="SYNC_DISABLED_POLICY_NAME">SyncDisabled</ph> policy nor <ph name="BROWSER_SIGNIN_POLICY_NAME">BrowserSignin</ph> is disabled.
example_value:
- data_types:
  - browsing_history
  time_to_live_in_hours: 24
- data_types:
  - password_signin
  - autofill
  time_to_live_in_hours: 12
features:
  dynamic_refresh: true
  per_profile: true
future_on:
- fuchsia
owners:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
schema:
  items:
    properties:
      data_types:
        items:
          enum:
          - browsing_history
          - download_history
          - cookies_and_other_site_data
          - cached_images_and_files
          - password_signin
          - autofill
          - site_settings
          - hosted_app_data
          type: string
        type: array
      time_to_live_in_hours:
        minimum: 1
        type: integer
    type: object
  type: array
supported_on:
- chrome.*:89-
- chrome_os:89-
- android:96-
tags: []
type: dict