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title: Managing data growth in Data Management Console
description: Manage the growth and storage of data on your instance by creating data management rules in the Data Management Console.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-administration/managing-data-growth.html
release: australia
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Data Management, Tables and data, Configure core features, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
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# Managing data growth in Data Management Console

Manage the growth and storage of data on your instance by creating data management rules in the Data Management Console.

## Overview of managing data growth

Create and manage Data Management rules directly from the Data Management Console.

-   [Archiving records in Data Management Console](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/archiving-records.md)

    Move records in a primary table to an archive table, including any records in other tables that reference those records.

-   [Deleting older or unwanted records in Data Management Console](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/deleting-records.md)

    Prevent data from growing exponentially by implementing table cleanup rules.

-   [Previewing and deleting records in Data Management Console](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/previewing-deleting-records.md)

    Safely delete records from a table without using scripts and without deleting the table.

-   [Restore archived records and related records](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/dmc-restore-archived-records.md)

    Restore one or more archive records and any related records back into the primary table.