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# Running an Audit
##  Overview
An audit runs automatically every four hours for each organization assigned to Audit & Compliance, and you can run a manual audit at any time. This article shows you how to run a manual audit for a single organization.
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#### Deleted Components
An audit job reports only **Soft Deleted** components (those moved to the Recycle Bin) as deleted. Once a component is **Permanently Deleted**, it no longer appears in the component list.
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## Run an Audit
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### Select Organization
1. Click **Organizations** from the left sidebar menu.
2. In the table, click the organization you want to audit.
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### Run Audit
1. Click **Run Audit** in the upper right of the page.
2. Once the audit starts, it appears in the **Activities** tab with its job status.
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To cancel an audit, click **Abort** next to the job status.
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### Review Components
Once the audit is complete, you can view the updated status of each component. See the following article for instructions.
* [Viewing Component Audit Status](/audit-and-compliance/viewing-component-audit-status.md)
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