Auto-Delete Old Document Library Items

Question

In SharePoint 2016, some libraries can grow to become unnecessarily large. What I would like to do is implement a reoccurring job, perhaps daily, to clean up anything older than X days.

Is that possible using core SharePoint functionality?

Answer 1

You can use SharePoint Document Retention Policies to achieve such a behaviour.

See here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-and-apply-information-management-policies-EB501FE9-2EF6-4150-945A-65A6451EE9E9