# Sysmon v.11 and new 'file delete' event without archive

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sysmon-v-11-and-new-file-delete-event-without-archive/236141>\
**Category:** SIEM\
**Created:** [June 8, 2020, 8:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sysmon-v-11-and-new-file-delete-event-without-archive/236141 "2020-06-08T08:30:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![stefws](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stefws/32/6442_2.png) [@stefws](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stefws)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 8:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sysmon-v-11-and-new-file-delete-event-without-archive/236141/1 "2020-06-08T08:30:08Z")

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Anyone know if it's possible to configure Windows Sysmon v.11's new 'File Delete' event not to archive a copy of deleted files in the 'ArchiveDirectory' config key directory (as config key has a default value: Sysmon, hence it seems not possible to avoid the copying)?

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sysmon-v-11-and-new-file-delete-event-without-archive/236141/2 "2020-06-08T19:08:30Z")

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Moving this to the SIEM category so it gets the right developers' attention.

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**Author:** ![andrewstucki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewstucki/32/70078_2.png) [@andrewstucki](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewstucki)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sysmon-v-11-and-new-file-delete-event-without-archive/236141/3 "2020-06-10T17:52:02Z")

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@stefws you might want to try out the `CopyOnDelete*` configuration entries documented [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysmon#configuration-entries).

That said, you may consider checking or asking about sysmon-specific configuration in a sysmon-specific forum such as [https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=windowsinternals](https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=windowsinternals)

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**Author:** ![stefws](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stefws/32/6442_2.png) [@stefws](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stefws)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sysmon-v-11-and-new-file-delete-event-without-archive/236141/4 "2020-06-11T08:46:13Z")

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Right, just thought if someone here already knew of this new feature, I didn't had to join yet another Community 😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sysmon-v-11-and-new-file-delete-event-without-archive/236141/5 "2020-07-09T10:46:22Z")

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