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title: "Disabling Long-Term Retention Policy"
description: "You can disable all or specific types of the long-term retention policy: weekly, monthly or yearly. To disable the long-term retention policy for the backup job, use the following command: or where: <job_id> — ID of the backup job for which you..."
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---

# Disabling Long-Term Retention Policy

You can disable all or specific types of the long-term retention policy: weekly, monthly or yearly.

## Disabling All Types of Long-Term Retention

To disable the long-term retention policy for the backup job, use the following command:

```
veeamconfig gfs disable --jobid <job_id>
```

or

```
veeamconfig gfs disable --jobname <job_name>
```

where:

- `<job_id>` — ID of the backup job for which you want to disable the long-term retention policy.
- `<job_name>` — name of the backup job for which you want to disable the long-term retention policy.

For example:

```
user@wrk01:~$ veeamconfig gfs disable --jobid 4849a3ae-1935-4969-98a3-d8acd2f6c73f
```

## Disabling Specific Types of Long-Term Retention

To disable a specific type of the long-term retention policy for the backup job, use the following command:

```
veeamconfig gfs set --jobid <job_id> <period> --disable
```

or

```
veeamconfig gfs set --jobname <job_name> <period> --disable
```

where:

- `<job_id>` — ID of the backup job for which you want to disable the long-term retention policy.
- `<job_name>` — name of the backup job for which you want to disable the long-term retention policy.
- `<period>` — single type of the long-term retention policy you want to disable. Possible values: `weekly`, `monthly` or `yearly`. 

For example:

```
user@wrk01:~$ veeamconfig gfs set --jobid 4849a3ae-1935-4969-98a3-d8acd2f6c73f weekly --disable
```