If you are a Platform Admin, you can disable all policies on a global level such that all policies will be inactive. After doing this, policies can be activated on an individual basis.
Note
The option to disable all policies is not available to Project Admins.
To disable all cleanup policies:
At the top of the Artifactory screen, click the Administration tab.
In the navigation panel on the left-hand side of the screen, go to Artifactory Settings>Retention Policies. The Retention Policies screen is displayed.
If your version of Artifactory is configured for cold storage archiving, click the Cleanup tab. If your version of Artifactory is not configured for cold storage archiving, the Cleanup tab is selected by default.
On the right side of the screen, click Global Stop/Disable and from the drop-down select Disable All Policies.
Check the Active column in the policies list to verify that all policies are now disabled.