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# Create a Legacy Salesforce Archive Policy

Create and save a new Legacy Salesforce Archive policy. After your policy is created, you can target the records that you want to archive by adding objects.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d144909e46 ">To create, edit, and schedule Archive Policies:</td>
            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d144909e46 ">Manage Archive Policies</td>
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Note This content relates to Legacy Salesforce Archive. Read about the Archive managed package in [Own from Salesforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.own_from_salesforce.htm&type=5&language=en_US).

1. From the Archive home page, select **Archive Policies**, and then click **New**.
2. Give your policy a name and optional description, and then save it.

You're ready to add objects to your Archive Policy.

#### See Also

- [Add Objects to a Legacy Salesforce Archive Policy](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.archive_add_objects.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To specify the records and files that you want to archive, add an object to your Legacy Salesforce Archive policy. While configuring the object, you determine which records to process, how to handle related files and attachments, and which related objects to archive in addition to the primary object.")