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clarifying no soft delete for NFS
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articles/storage/files/storage-files-planning.md

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Azure Files has a multi-layered approach to ensuring your data is backed up, recoverable, and protected from security threats.
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### Soft delete
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Soft delete for file shares is a storage-account level setting that allows you to recover your file share when it is accidentally deleted. When a file share is deleted, it transitions to a soft deleted state instead of being permanently erased. You can configure the amount of time soft deleted data is recoverable before it's permanently deleted, and undelete the share anytime during this retention period.
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Soft delete is a storage-account level setting for SMB file shares that allows you to recover your file share when it's accidentally deleted. When a file share is deleted, it transitions to a soft deleted state instead of being permanently erased. You can configure the amount of time soft deleted data is recoverable before it's permanently deleted, and undelete the share anytime during this retention period.
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We recommend turning on soft delete for most file shares. If you have a workflow where share deletion is common and expected, you may decide to have a short retention period or not have soft delete enabled at all.
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We recommend turning on soft delete for most SMB file shares. If you have a workflow where share deletion is common and expected, you may decide to have a short retention period or not have soft delete enabled at all. Soft delete doesn't work for NFS shares, even if it's enabled for the storage account.
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For more information about soft delete, see [Prevent accidental data deletion](./storage-files-prevent-file-share-deletion.md).
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articles/storage/files/storage-files-prevent-file-share-deletion.md

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# Prevent accidental deletion of Azure file shares
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Azure Files offers soft delete for file shares. Soft delete allows you to recover your file share when it is mistakenly deleted by an application or other storage account user.
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Azure Files offers soft delete for SMB file shares. Soft delete allows you to recover your file share when it is mistakenly deleted by an application or other storage account user.
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## Applies to
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| File share type | SMB | NFS |
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| Premium file shares (FileStorage), LRS/ZRS | ![Yes](../media/icons/yes-icon.png) | ![No](../media/icons/no-icon.png) |
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## How soft delete works
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When soft delete for Azure file shares is enabled, if a file share is deleted, it transitions to a soft deleted state instead of being permanently erased. You can configure the amount of time soft deleted data is recoverable before it's permanently deleted, and undelete the share anytime during this retention period. After being undeleted, the share and all of contents, including snapshots, will be restored to the state it was in prior to deletion. Soft delete only works on a file share level - individual files that are deleted will still be permanently erased.
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When soft delete for Azure file shares is enabled on a storage account, if a file share is deleted, it transitions to a soft deleted state instead of being permanently erased. You can configure the amount of time soft deleted data is recoverable before it's permanently deleted, and undelete the share anytime during this retention period. After being undeleted, the share and all of contents, including snapshots, will be restored to the state it was in prior to deletion. Soft delete only works on a file share level - individual files that are deleted will still be permanently erased.
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Soft delete can be enabled on either new or existing file shares. Soft delete is also backwards compatible, so you don't have to make any changes to your applications to take advantage of the protections of soft delete.
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Soft delete can be enabled on either new or existing file shares. Soft delete is also backwards compatible, so you don't have to make any changes to your applications to take advantage of the protections of soft delete. Soft delete doesn't work for NFS shares, even if it's enabled for the storage account.
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To permanently delete a file share in a soft delete state before its expiry time, you must undelete the share, disable soft delete, and then delete the share again. Then you should re-enable soft delete, since any other file shares in that storage account will be vulnerable to accidental deletion while soft delete is off.
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