Microsoft Intune
GeneralDevice Action: Retire
In brief
The documentation now states that a tenant can submit up to 1,000 Retire actions per day, cumulative across individual, bulk, and Microsoft Graph API requests.
What Intune admins need to know
Plan large-scale retirements within the tenant-wide limit. Contact Microsoft support to request a limit change if needed.
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Documentation change
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Unlike the Wipe action, which resets the device to factory settings, Retire keeps user content intact. The action is triggered the next time the device checks in with Intune. Until then, the device might still appear in the admin center. If you need to remove a device immediately, consider using the delete device action instead.
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Before retiring or deleting a Microsoft Entra joined device
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Device Action: Retire" description: Learn how to retire device using Microsoft Intune.-ms.date: 10/27/2025+ms.date: 08/06/2026 ms.topic: how-to zone_pivot_groups: 51e33912-415a-402f-8201-8acebf3e4991 ---@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ The *retire* action in Intune removes company data from a device without perform Unlike the **Wipe** action, which resets the device to factory settings, **Retire** keeps user content intact. The action is triggered the next time the device checks in with Intune. Until then, the device might still appear in the admin center. If you need to remove a device immediately, consider using the [delete device action](delete.md) instead. +> [!IMPORTANT]+> A tenant can submit up to 1,000 Retire actions per day. This tenant-wide limit is cumulative across individual device actions, bulk device actions, and Microsoft Graph API requests. To request a limit change, [contact Microsoft support](../../fundamentals/it-pro-support/get-support-admin-center.md). For all device action limits, see [Daily tenant limits](index.md#daily-tenant-limits).+ ::: zone pivot="windows" ## Before retiring or deleting a Microsoft Entra joined device