Purge Mailbox Deleted Items Folder

Get current Settings

Get-Mailbox service@contoso.de | Format-List SingleItemRecoveryEnabled,RetainDeletedItemsFor

or use

Get-mailbox service@contoso.de | fl *retention*,*retain*

Set New Settings

Set-Mailbox -Identity service@contoso.de -SingleItemRecoveryEnabled $false -RetainDeletedItemsFor 1

#Purges folder deletes after 1 day

Delete Items in Dumpster

Search-mailbox -identity service@contoso.de -SearchDumpsterOnly -DeleteContent

View Recoverable items in Dumpster

Get-MailboxFolderStatistics service@contoso.de -FolderScope RecoverableItems | Format-List Name,FolderAndSubfolderSize

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