Systems and methods are provided for determining a set of objects, the objects corresponding to a given case or application of a deletion/retention policy; determining at least one object in the set of objects to be scheduled for deletion, the at least one object being associated with a given state that specifies a deletion and/or retention type and schedule for the at least one object; and scheduling data corresponding to the at least one object for deletion from one or more data sources based at least in part on the deletion and/or retention type and schedule specified in the object state.