# What Are the Application Scenarios of Lifecycle Management?

Lifecycle management applies to the following scenarios:

- Some periodically uploaded files need only to be retained for one week or one month, and can be deleted once they have expired.
- Documents are seldom accessed after a certain period of time. These files need to be transitioned to Warm or Cold storage or be deleted.

If you want to delete a large number of objects from a bucket, you can configure a lifecycle rule to implement automatic deletion upon expiration or schedule the time for automatic deletion. On the Lifecycle Rule page, create rules and configure parameters by referring to Table 1:

Table 1 Parameters for deletion upon expiration
Parameter | Value
--- | ---
Status | Enable
Rule Name | Example: rule-delete
Applies To | You can apply the deletion rule to the entire bucket or to objects that share the same name prefix in the bucket.
Current Version | Expiration Time Days: 1
Historical Version | Expiration Time Days: 1

One day later, objects in the bucket are successfully deleted based on the rule. If you do not need this lifecycle rule, you can disable it or delete it.

Parent topic: How Do I Use Lifecycle Management?