---
title: "HouseKeeping"
slug: "housekeeping"
updated: 2026-03-27T12:34:53Z
published: 2026-03-27T12:34:53Z
canonical: "docs.datajet.app/housekeeping"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.datajet.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# HouseKeeping

Carries out system housekeeping activities

| Key | Value(s) | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| method | "HouseKeeping" | Carries out system housekeeping activities |
| action | "PURGENOTIFICATIONS" "PURGESCRIPTHISTORY" "PURGEENGINEERINGHISTORY" "PURGEEXPORTHISTORY" "PURGEALL" | - "PURGENOTIFICATIONS": removes all notifications from server where notification is older than specified time limit - NOTE: notifications are only visible in the DataJet Web - "PURGESCRIPTHISTORY": removes all "[**Scripts \| Local History**](/v1/docs/local-history)" items from Mongo DB where script history item is older than specified time limit - "PURGEENGINEERINGHISTORY": removes all "[**Script Editor \| File \| Import Definitions**](/v1/docs/import-definitions)" items from MongoDB where engineering date is older than specified time limit - "PURGEEXPORTHISTORY": removes all "[**Admin \| Management Console \| Export History**](/v1/docs/management-console)" items from MongoDB where export date is older than specified time limit - "PURGEALL": removes all of the above for specified time limit. |
| days | N | Optional. Interval in days. Default = 14 |

CautionHousekeeping will permanently delete items from the server - there is no way to recover deleted history

```json
{
  "method": "HouseKeeping",
  "action": "PURGENOTIFICATIONS",
  "days": 10,
  "project": "houseKeeping_project"
}
```

The following can be used to retrieve details of script history:

```json
{
    "method": "GetSysInfo",
    "infoType": "Scripts"
  }
```

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