Hi @cminders,

Welcome to the DocuSign Community!

We are glad to have you here and can't wait to help share as much knowledge as possible.

I understand that you are looking for more details on how Document Retention works within eSignature, and I will share more details on the topic.

Document Retention is not retroactive at this moment, taking this into consideration, the change will only affect the envelopes created after the moment when the setting was updated.

Regarding recipient access to the document, once the envelope is purged, it will be inaccessible by all parties in the signing order.

For more details on this topic, see:

Document Retention

Feel free to let us know if you need further assistance with this. 

Thank you for using DocuSign, we hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! 

Best regards,

Alejandro R. | DocuSign Community Moderator  

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