1. A method for execution by a processing system of a dispersed storage network that includes a processor, the method comprises: determining one or more slice names of one or more slices to consider for deletion; determining an access policy corresponding to the one or more slices; determining a current timestamp; determining when there is no future slice availability for the one or more slices, based on the current timestamp and the access policy; when there is no future slice availability for the one or more slices: determining when reconsideration is available; sending a reconsideration message to a reconsideration entity when the reconsideration is determined to be available; and deleting the one or more slices when the reconsideration is determined to be unavailable.