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title: "Viewing Lifecycle Rules and Object Expiration"
slug: "viewing-lifecycle-rules-and-object-expiration"
updated: 2026-10-27T17:23:45Z
published: 2026-10-27T17:23:45Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/viewing-lifecycle-rules-and-object-expiration"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vastdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Viewing Lifecycle Rules and Object Expiration

- [Viewing Lifecycle Rules in VAST Web UI](/docs-5-3/docs/en/viewing-lifecycle-rules-and-object-expiration#viewing-lifecycle-rules-invast-web-ui)
- [Viewing Lifecycle Rules and Object Expiration in VAST CLI](/docs-5-3/docs/en/viewing-lifecycle-rules-and-object-expiration#viewing-lifecycle-rules-and-object-expiration-invast-cli)

## Viewing Lifecycle Rules in VAST Web UI

In the left navigation menu, choose Element Store -> Lifecycle Rules to open the Lifecycle Rules page.

- For each configured lifecycle rule, the following information can be displayed in the table:

> [!TIP]
> **Tip**
> 
> To display or hide fields, click ![column_menu.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/img-7f1bcc5ffaeed9cbf182efe768970783(119).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A49%3A25Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A49%3A25Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=j%2BpViZX%2BDHx3T8lKsqVj9hex5SyW1bympn8b8jNY7e4%3D) to the right of a column title, and then click ![columns.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/img-918b4797fca5961ded0a6026c39d1bb1(127).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A49%3A25Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A49%3A25Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=j%2BpViZX%2BDHx3T8lKsqVj9hex5SyW1bympn8b8jNY7e4%3D) to open a dropdown where you can select or unselect fields.

| ID | The ID of the lifecycle rule. |
| --- | --- |
| Name | The name of the lifecycle rule. |
| Prefix | A prefix that is common to all elements for which the rule applies. |
| Min Size | The minimum size of objects to which the rule applies, if configured. |
| Max Size | The maximum size of objects to which the rule applies, if configured. |
| Expiration Days | A number of days after upload when objects in the scope are expired. |
| View | The view to which the rule applies. |
| Tenant | The tenant where the rule applies. |
| Enabled | Indicates whether the rule is currently enabled or not. |
- In the *Inspect* panel to the right of the table (click the arrow to expand), you can see details per rule, and this information includes tags, if applicable.

> [!NOTE]
> **Notice**
> 
> The ability to specify an object scope according to tags is introduced in VAST Cluster 5.3.4.

## Viewing Lifecycle Rules and Object Expiration in VAST CLI

To list lifecycle rules per view, run the [lifecyclerule list](/docs-5-3/docs/en/lifecyclerule-list) command.

To view details of a lifecycle rule, run the [lifecyclerule show](/docs-5-3/docs/en/lifecyclerule-show) command.

To see when an object in a bucket governed by S3 lifecycle rules is due to expire, run the [lifecyclerule get-object-expiration](/docs-5-3/docs/en/lifecyclerule-get-object-expiration) command.