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There are a few different ways to trim out historical performance data from your DataStore. The most simplistic method is to change your up.time archive policy to the number of months that you would like to maintain but you can also run manual SQL commands to remove very specific sets of data. For assistance trimming specific performance data please contact support, to refer to the following articles: Manually trim performance data from a MySQL DataStore, Manually trim performance data from a MS SQL DataStore, or Manually trim performance data from an Oracle DataStore.
To trim out performance data using the archive policy use the steps below.
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