# SUS04-BP03 Use lifecycle policies to delete unnecessary data
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 Manage the lifecycle of all your data and automatically enforce deletion timelines to minimize the total storage requirements of your workload. 

 **Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established:** Low 

## Implementation guidance
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+  Define lifecycle policies for all your data classification types. 
+  Set automated lifecycle policies to enforce lifecycle rules. 
+  Delete unused volumes and snapshots. 
+  Aggregate data where applicable based on lifecycle rules. 

## Resources
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 **Related documents:** 
+  [Amazon ECR Lifecycle policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/LifecyclePolicies.html) 
+  [Amazon EFS lifecycle management](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/lifecycle-management-efs.html) 
+  [Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/intelligent-tiering.html) 
+  [Evaluating Resources with AWS Config Rules](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/developerguide/evaluate-config.html) 
+  [Managing your storage lifecycle on Amazon S3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/object-lifecycle-mgmt.html) 
+  [Object lifecycle policies in AWS Elemental MediaStore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediastore/latest/ug/policies-object-lifecycle.html) 

 **Related videos:** 
+  [Amazon S3 Lifecycle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53eHNSpaMJI&ab_channel=AmazonWebServices)