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description: When you create or refresh a full sandbox, you can configure it to determine what data is copied. Minimizing the amount of data you include speeds up your sandbox copy.
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# Configuring Full Sandboxes

When you create or refresh a full sandbox, you can configure it to determine what data is copied. Minimizing the amount of data you include speeds up your sandbox copy.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Database.com</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8326e73 ">To view a sandbox:</td>

          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8326e73 ">View Setup and Configuration</td>

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8326e73 ">To create, refresh, activate, and delete a Full sandbox:</td>

          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8326e73 ">Manage Sandboxes</td>

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- Decide whether to include field tracking history.
- By default, Chatter data isn’t copied to your sandbox. Chatter data includes feeds and messages. Select **Copy Chatter Data** if you want to include it.
- The setup audit trail history of your production org isn’t copied to your sandbox. The audit trail for your sandbox org starts when you begin to use it.
- Archived activities (tasks and events that aren’t available because they’re over a year old) and user password history aren’t copied.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-deploy_sandboxes-264-0-0-production-enus/654e51d1-6795-49fe-bd43-b5385950cf4a/images/icon_note.png)

Note Don’t increase the default selections unless special circumstances require it. Large amounts of data can significantly lengthen the time it takes to copy your sandbox.