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description: Legacy Salesforce Archive is your external storage solution for records and files. Reduce storage consumption in your org and boost performance by archiving historical or nonessential data. Comply with privacy regulations by maintaining customer records in a secure, low-cost environment. For on-demand access to archived records, you can set up your data store with Salesforce Connect.
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# Store Data Externally with Legacy Salesforce Archive

Legacy Salesforce Archive is your external storage solution for records and files. Reduce storage consumption in your org and boost performance by archiving historical or nonessential data. Comply with privacy regulations by maintaining customer records in a secure, low-cost environment. For on-demand access to archived records, you can set up your data store with Salesforce Connect.

### 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: <strong>Developer</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions. Requires the Salesforce Archive license.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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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).

Archived records are maintained in a dedicated external data store. Each production org and sandbox can have a single data store provisioned to it at a time.

The file storage pricing for Salesforce Archive is calculated at 10% of the actual GB used. For example, if an org is storing 100 GB of files in Salesforce Archive, the "effective storage" GB that will be charged to the customer is 10 GB.

To archive data in your org, create and execute Archive Policies. You decide when and how often Archive Policies run, which objects they scan, and which records they process. You can also view and manage previous, in-progress, or scheduled job sessions for Archive Policies.

- **[Enable Access to Legacy Salesforce Archive](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.archive_enable_access.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Give your users access to Legacy Salesforce Archive via user permissions.
- **[How to Configure Legacy Salesforce Archive Policies](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.archive_configure_policy.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Learn how to configure a Legacy Salesforce Archive policy with this step-by-step guide.
- **[View and Manage Legacy Salesforce Archive Job Sessions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.archive_job_sessions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    See details about the jobs for your Legacy Salesforce Archive policies. You can also cancel, reschedule, or immediately run archive jobs.
- **[View Archived Records Via Salesforce Connect](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.archive_salesforce_connect.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    To view archived records in Legacy Salesforce Archive directly from the Salesforce UI, set up your data store with Salesforce Connect.