Find inactive SharePoint sites and content not accessed within your threshold for cleanup.
Related topics
stale content
inactive sites
content lifecycle
storage management
data retention
About this tool
The Stale Content Report identifies inactive SharePoint sites, document libraries, and files that haven't been accessed within your specified threshold. Find abandoned content consuming storage and potentially posing compliance risks.
Configure inactivity thresholds to match your retention policies. Generate reports for site owners to review and archive or delete stale content.
Essential for storage management and data lifecycle compliance.
Key features
Configurable inactivity threshold
Site-level analysis
Library-level detail
File-level reports
Storage consumption
Owner notification support
Archive recommendations
Compliance alignment
Use cases
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Graph scopes
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Tool identity
Slug: stale-content.
Category: audit.
Plan tier: pro.
Editions: cloud, desktop.
SKUs: security, suite.
Documented scenarios: 3.
Declared features: 8.
Graph permissions requested: 2.
Licensing & access
Requires a paid edition (security). The Suite bundle includes this tool alongside every other capability in the catalogue.
Limitations & out-of-scope
Stale Content Report: Detective control only: findings are reported, never auto-remediated. Severity rankings use the documented heuristic and may diverge from Microsoft Secure Score. Detection coverage stops at the Graph permission surface declared above — workloads behind tenant-licensed add-ons (Defender XDR, Purview eDiscovery Premium) require the matching license to enumerate.