After that point, the incident log remains with a record that the message was deleted. The DLP incident log points to the message, and admins can view the message until it’s deleted in 24 hours. Chat DLP incidents are logged in the Audit report for all messages, including those sent with history off. When history is off, data is not reported in the Audit report for direct messages except when messages are associated with Data Loss Prevention (DLP) incidents. (History is forced on if History for chats is On and Allow users to change their history setting is not selected.) If you allow users to change their history setting, history will automatically be turned off when people from different data regions chat. If history is forced on, people in different data regions can’t chat. History settings for users in different data regions You can learn about Chat history retention with history on or off here. If chat history is off, old messages that were previously saved are still saved.If chat history is on in a conversation, only new messages will be saved.History changes apply only to new messages. History details Message retention between history settings changes To let users change their history setting, check Allow users to change their history setting.See “History details” below for more information. Turning history off does not hide content from scans to detect sensitive data or abuse.Vault can't hold, retain, or search direct messages that are sent with history turned off. If you turn history Off, messages are deleted after 24 hours. Messages will disappear after the Vault retention period (if you set one). If you turn history On, you can use Vault to control how long messages are retained.

Under Organizational Units, select the domain or organizational unit you want to apply settings to.In the Admin console, go to Menu Apps Google Workspace Google Chat.

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