> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.memanto.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# memanto policy list-preset

> List the predefined expiry policy bundles.

# memanto policy list-preset

List the policy presets that ship with Memanto. Each is a complete policy — a
per-type retention table plus a few rules — meant as a starting point you edit
afterwards.

```bash theme={null}
memanto policy list-preset
```

**Examples:**

```bash theme={null}
memanto policy list-preset
```

**Output:**

```
                                Policy presets
┌──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐
│ Name         │ Description                          │ Types │ Rules │ Purge │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤
│ conservative │ Expire only fast-rotting state.      │     3 │     1 │ never │
│              │ Nothing durable ages out, and        │       │       │       │
│              │ nothing is ever purged.              │       │       │       │
│ balanced     │ Sensible defaults for a working      │     6 │     3 │ never │
│              │ agent: transient state ages out in   │       │       │       │
│              │ weeks, semantic knowledge in months, │       │       │       │
│              │ durable truths never.                │       │       │       │
│ aggressive   │ Keep the working set tight. Most     │    10 │     3 │  365d │
│              │ types age out quickly and expired    │       │       │       │
│              │ memories are purged after a year.    │       │       │       │
└──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘

Adopt one with: memanto policy apply-preset <name>
```

**Notes:**

* In all three presets, `preference`, `instruction`, and `relationship` never expire on a timer, and anything tagged `pinned` is exempt.
* Only `aggressive` enables purging; the other two keep expired memories forever.
* Adopt one with [`memanto policy apply-preset`](/cli/policy/apply-preset).
* Backed by the [List Policy Presets](/api-reference/policy/list-policy-presets) API endpoint.