title: What happens to a file in Azure Storage V2 after 30 days in cool tier and 180 days in archive tier?
body: <p>I am new to Azure Storage account. While studying I found following link:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-storage-tiers#archive-access-tier-preview" rel="noreferrer">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-storage-tiers#archive-access-tier-preview</a></p>
  
  <p>It says following about available access tiers:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p><strong>Hot</strong> - Optimized for storing data that is accessed frequently.</p></li>
  <li><p><strong>Cool</strong> - Optimized for storing data that is infrequently accessed and stored for at least 30 days.</p></li>
  <li><p><strong>Archive</strong> - Optimized for storing data that is rarely accessed and stored for at least 180 days with flexible latency requirements (on the order of hours).</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Here I am little confused. Cool and archive tiers are used to store my data which is not accessed so frequently but I need after long time.</p>
  
  <p>But according to what I understand from above link, file will be deleted from cool tier after 30 days and from archive tier after 180 days.</p>
  
  <p>So, <strong>If it is true</strong> that If any file is not accessed for 30 days in cool tier and 180 days in archive tier then that will be deleted and never be accessible?</p>
  
  <p><strong>And if not</strong> that what do they mean by "Optimized for storing data that is infrequently accessed and stored for at least 30 days"?</p>