Data Metrics cleanup (Prometheus windows Version)

[AboSalah-1982]

Proposal

how to do cleanup for old data for Prometheus in windows version?

at the minute it seems to be an infinitely growing data store with no way to clean old data

[roidelapluie]

To set a time-based data retention policy in Prometheus on Windows, use the --storage.tsdb.retention.time flag:

prometheus.exe --storage.tsdb.retention.time=5d

To set a size-based retention policy, use the --storage.tsdb.retention.size flag:

prometheus.exe --storage.tsdb.retention.size=5GB

You can combine both flags to enforce both time and size limits:

prometheus.exe --storage.tsdb.retention.time=5d --storage.tsdb.retention.size=5GB

Update these flags in your service configuration if you're running Prometheus as a service, then restart it.