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Reassign or unassign a backup and retention policy for backup accounts and user groups in the Dashboard

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For a backup account

To unassign a backup and retention policy for a backup account:

  1. Sign in to your account in the Dashboard.

  2. Go to Endpoint BackupBackup Accounts.

    Menu item

    The consolidated backup accounts page opens.

  3. Find a backup account you want unassign a policy for.

  4. Click Actions (Actions icon) in the last column against the backup account record, and then click Manage Policies.

    Manage policies action

    The Account Policies dialog opens.

  5. In the open dialog, click Remove (Remove icon) next to the policy name you want to unassign.

    Repeat for each policy you want to unassign for the backup account.

    Account policies dialog

    You cannot unassign a group policy for a backup account. Instead, you have to remove the backup account from the user group.

    Also, you can unassign the policy for the whole user group the backup account belongs to. But the policy will be also unassigned for all other backup accounts in the user group.

For a user group

To reassign or unassign a backup and retention policy for a user group:

  1. Sign in to your account in the Dashboard.

  2. Go to Endpoint BackupUser Groups.

    Menu item

    The consolidated user groups page opens.

  3. Find a user group you want to reassign or unassign a policy for.

  4. Click Actions (Actions icon) in the last column against the user group record, and then click Edit.

    Edit user group action

    The dialog with the user group settings opens.

  5. In the Policy drop-down list, select another policy to reassign, or select Unassign Policy, and then click Done.

    Edit group dialog