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title: Create a table cleanup rule in Core UI
description: Define the criteria for deleting unwanted records in a table cleanup rule.
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Deleting older or unwanted records in Core UI, Manage data growth in Core UI, Data Management, Tables and data, Configure core features, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
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# Create a table cleanup rule in Core UI

Define the criteria for deleting unwanted records in a table cleanup rule.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1.  Access the new Auto Flush form in one of the following ways.

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Option

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Steps

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**Using the Data Management Console**

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1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **System Data Management** &gt; **Data Management Console** &gt; ****.
2.  On the Overview tab, select **New cleanup rule**.


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**Using a data management policy**

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1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **System Data Management** &gt; **Data Management Policies**.
2.  Select the data management policy for the table with records that you want to delete.
3.  In the Table Cleanup Rules related list, select **New**.


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</table>2.  On the form, fill in the fields.

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Tablename

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The name of the target table.

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Matchfield

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The Date/Time field in the target table that is used to monitor duration. Defaults to sys\_created\_on, which deletes records based on the amount of time since their creation date.

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Age in seconds

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The amount of time the system waits before deleting records. When the **Matchfield** value becomes older than the **Age in seconds**, the record is deleted.

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Active

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Option to activate or deactivate table cleaning for this table.

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Application

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The application scope to which this table cleaner job applies.

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Clean journals

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If selected, related records in the Journal Entry \[sys\_journal\_field\] table are also deleted.If cleared, the system deletes records from the target table, but not any related journal records in this table.

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Clean audit

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If selected, related records in these audit tables are also deleted:-   Sys Audit \[sys\_audit\] table
-   Audit Relationship Change \[sys\_audit\_relation\] table
Note that the audit records that are created by table cleaner in the Audit Deleted Record \[sys\_audit\_delete\] table are preserved.

If cleared, the system deletes records from the target table, but not any related audit records in these tables.

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Cascade delete

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If selected, this option deletes all matching records plus any records referring to them. If cleared, the system deletes matching records, but not records referring to them.

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Conditions

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Condition builder for specifying filter conditions that define the records to be removed. For example, you might specify that only records where 'active = false AND state =closed' are deleted.

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</table>3.  Select **Submit**.


## Result

The table cleanup rule runs automatically and deletes records when they meet the specified record age and any conditions that you set for them.

**Parent Topic:**[Deleting older or unwanted records in Core UI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/deleting-older-records.md)