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# What is Patronum Archive?

# Patronum Email Archive

Within a Patronum [offboarding policy](https://help.patronum.io/en/article/creating-an-offboarding-policy-15zeh9t/), you can configure the archiving of departing users' email to an external Google Cloud Storage bucket. This option significantly reduces an organization's spend on archive user licenses. 

This solution enables secure archival of Google Workspace (Gmail) data into Google Cloud Storage. It ensures data integrity, auditability, role-based access, and compliance (e.g., GDPR), with support for search and retention policies.

To use Google Cloud Storage within Patronum you first need to [connect your Google Cloud Storage buckets](https://help.patronum.io/en/article/connecting-google-cloud-storage-to-patronum-seny18/).  

Once connected, you can [Configure an Offboarding Policy](https://help.patronum.io/en/article/creating-an-offboarding-policy-15zeh9t/), to archive your leavers' email data.

![Patronum Offboarding Policy - Archive Email](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/6/6/1/f/661f215e36c4a800/image_1x2s1gs.png)
To Restore a users email from the Archive follow the [Restoring Email via Patronum Archive](https://help.patronum.io/en/article/restoring-email-via-patronum-archive-19uhnlj/) guide.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/6/6/1/f/661f215e36c4a800/image_1ypctr1.png)