A method for execution in a dispersed storage network operates to determine one or more slice names of one or more slices to consider for deletion; determine an access policy corresponding to the one or more slices; determine a current timestamp; and determine when there is no future slice availability for the one or more slices, based on the current timestamp and the access policy. When there is no future slice availability for the one or more slices, the dispersed storage network determines when reconsideration is available and sends a reconsideration message to a reconsideration entity when the reconsideration is determined to be available. The dispersed storage network deletes the one or more slices when the reconsideration is determined to be unavailable.