The system automatically deletes a job when the class properties for the job determine that it should be deleted. You can use this feature to prevent data from piling up, and to delete groups of jobs.
If you create a schedule for a class, the system only checks for jobs to purge when the schedule activates. See Scheduling purges for classes of job.
To make sure a job is deleted when you want it to be, check the following settings before you launch or schedule the job:
If you generate a number of jobs and then want to delete them, you can temporarily change the deletion properties of the relevant class. Or you can select multiple builds on the Completed tab and delete them (click the check box next to each job to select it, and then click the Purge button).
For example, if you generated numerous Production jobs the previous day, you would use the following process to delete them: