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Automated processes periodically identify, disable, and eventually delete inactive Power Platform environments to optimize storage capacity. An environment may be deleted because it's in a tenant with an expired subscription or because it's not being used. In either case, there are actions you can take to prevent the environment from being deleted.
Environments in a tenant with an expired subscription
If the subscription for a tenant has expired or been deprovisioned, all the environments in the tenant are marked for deactivation and eventual deletion. When an environment is marked for cleanup, the system sends an email notification to all admins in your organization 14 days, 7 days, and 1 day before the environment is disabled. If no action is taken, the environment is deleted 10 days after the final email is sent.
Tip
If you get notifications about exceeding your entitled storage capacity, see Changes for exceeding storage capacity entitlements for actions you can take.
Only production and sandbox environments are affected by the subscription-based automatic cleanup. Learn about automatic deletion of inactive Microsoft Dataverse for Teams environments.
Actions you can take if your subscription has expired
Renew or purchase licenses before the environments are deleted. Be sure to purchase enough licenses and capacity to cover all the production environments in your tenant. The environments are automatically re-enabled within 24 hours.
If an environment has already been deleted, you have a limited window of time to recover it.
Important
Allow ample time to renew or purchase licenses before your environments are deleted. Your organization may have a central admin and purchasing group and might be purchasing through Microsoft partners. Plan accordingly.
Inactivity-based cleanup
A cleanup mechanism in Power Platform automatically removes environments that aren't being used. Only Default, Developer, and Dataverse for Teams environments are affected by the activity-based automatic cleanup.
Important
You can't turn off this cleanup mechanism. However, you can review the last activity date for environments in the Power Platform admin center.
Developer environments
A cleanup mechanism in Power Platform automatically removes developer environments that aren't being used based on the following schedule. After 30 days of inactivity, environments are automatically disabled. If, after 15 days, the environment isn't re-enabled, the environment is deleted. You have seven days to recover the environment once it has been deleted.
As part of this cleanup process, you can expect the following:
- Admins receive email notifications which warn of upcoming disablement or deletion.
- Any activity triggered on the environment or re-enabling the environment will reset the inactivity period.
- Environments are deleted 15 days after being disabled due to inactivity.
Timeline for unused developer environments
The environment's administrators and the user who created the environment are notified by email according to the schedule described in the following table.
| State of environment | What to expect |
|---|---|
| 23 days with no user activity | A warning email is sent stating that the environment will be disabled and a countdown is displayed in the Environment state on the Environments list page and the Environment page. |
| 27 days with no user activity | A second warning email is sent stating that the environment will be disabled. |
| 30 days with no user activity | The environment is disabled. An email notice is sent stating that the environment has been disabled. The Environment state is disabled on the Environments list page and the Environment page. |
| 7 days after the environment is disabled | A warning is sent stating that the environment will be deleted and a countdown is displayed in the Environment state on the Environments list page and the Environment page. |
| 11 days after the environment is disabled | A second warning is sent stating that the environment will be deleted. |
| 15 days after the environment is disabled | The environment is deleted. An email notice is sent stating that the environment has been deleted. |
A warning message appears on the Environments list page and Environment page when an environment is disabled.
Default environment
A cleanup mechanism in Power Platform automatically removes Default environments based on the following criteria:
- Default environments without flows are deleted after 120 days of inactivity.
- Default environments with flows are deleted after 402 days of inactivity to allow annual and seasonal activity.
- Tenants with premium licenses are excluded from the cleanup.
- Default environments with Microsoft 365 agents or Microsoft Planner are excluded from deletion.
- Admins receive two warning notifications before the Default environment is deleted due to inactivity. Default environments are deleted 30 days after the first notification.
As part of this cleanup process, a new replacement Default environment without Dataverse is created, with an option to add Dataverse later. The original Default environment is deleted, but can be recovered as a production environment within seven days. Any activity triggered on the environment resets the inactivity period.
Timeline for unused Default environments
The environment's administrators are notified by email according to the following schedule:
| Default environment with Flows | Default environment without Flows | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| 372 days with no user activity | 90 days with no user activity | A warning is sent stating that the environment will be deleted and a countdown is displayed in the Environment state on the Environments list page and the Environment page. |
| 387 days with no user activity | 105 days with no user activity | A second warning is sent stating that the environment will be deleted. |
| 402 days with no user activity | 120 days with no user activity | The environment is deleted, a new Default environment without Dataverse is created for the tenant. An email notice is sent stating that the environment has been deleted. |
A warning message appears on the Environments list page and Environment page when the Default environment is within 30 days of deletion.
Note
Default environment cleanup is in the process of rolling out and might not be available in your region yet.
Definition of user activity
Power Platform calculates a single measure of inactivity for each environment. The measure accounts for all activity by users, makers, and admins across Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Platform, Microsoft Copilot Studio, and Dataverse.
Most create, read, update, and delete operations on the environment and its resources—that a user, maker, or admin initiates—are considered activity. Visits to the home page, solution explorer, and Power Apps or Power Automate designer aren't considered activity.
Here are some examples of the types of actions that are considered as activity:
- User activity: Launch an app, launch the environment URL, execute a flow (whether automatic or not), or chat with a Microsoft Copilot Studio bot.
- Maker activity: Create, update, or delete an app, flow (both desktop and cloud flows), Microsoft Copilot Studio bot, or custom connector.
- Admin activity: Trigger an environment operation such as copy, restore, or reset.
Note
As of April 20, 2025, Center of Excellence (CoE) toolkit operations—which query data from multiple Dataverse organizations in a customer tenant—are no longer considered as activity by developer organizations. Developer organizations, which were previously only kept active by CoE queries, become inactive unless there's other activity against those developer organizations.
View last user activity of environment
Environment admins can see when an environment was last used by checking the Last activity column in the Power Platform admin center. The activity for each environment is updated once a day.
- Sign in as an admin to the Power Platform admin center.
- In the navigation pane, select Manage.
- In the Manage pane, select Environments.
- See Last activity column for environment in question.
Trigger activity, re-enable, and recover an environment
By default, administrators have 15 days to re-enable an environment. If the environment remains disabled for 15 days, it's automatically deleted. Administrators have seven days to recover a deleted environment.
Trigger activity in an inactive environment
Once environment administrators receive notification that an environment will be cleaned up, environment admins can trigger activity on the environment to indicate that the environment is active and prevent the cleanup action. If an environment has already been disabled, the Trigger environment activity button won't be displayed. In this situation, the only option for the customer is to re-enable the environment before deletion.
- Sign in to the Power Platform admin center.
- In the navigation pane, select Manage.
- In the Manage pane, select Environments. 1.Select the inactive environment.
- On the Environment page, select Trigger environment activity.
Re-enable a disabled environment
- Sign in to the Power Platform admin center.
- In the navigation pane, select Manage.
- In the Manage pane, select Environments.
- Select the disabled environment.
- On the Environment page, select Re-enable environment.
Recover a deleted environment
- Sign in to the Power Platform admin center.
- In the navigation pane, select Manage.
- In the Manage pane, select Environments.
- Select Recover deleted environments.
- Select an environment to recover, and then select Recover.
Learn more about recovering an environment.
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