diff --git a/src/main/java/app/coronawarn/quicktest/config/ArchiveProperties.java b/src/main/java/app/coronawarn/quicktest/config/ArchiveProperties.java
index 9ad7df46..be923716 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/coronawarn/quicktest/config/ArchiveProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/coronawarn/quicktest/config/ArchiveProperties.java
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ public class ArchiveProperties {
     private Crypt crypt = new Crypt();
     private VaultTransit vaultTransit = new VaultTransit();
 
+    /**
+     * Comma seperated list of PartnerID of Partners who should be ignored for archiving.
+     */
+    private String excludedPartners = "";
+
     @Data
     public static final class VaultTransit {
         private String folder = "cwa-quick-test-archive";
diff --git a/src/main/java/app/coronawarn/quicktest/service/ArchiveService.java b/src/main/java/app/coronawarn/quicktest/service/ArchiveService.java
index aa29ac50..be61af0f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/coronawarn/quicktest/service/ArchiveService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/coronawarn/quicktest/service/ArchiveService.java
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ public void moveToArchive() {
             final LocalDateTime beforeDateTime = LocalDateTime.now().minusSeconds(olderThanInSeconds);
             quickTestArchiveRepository.findAllByUpdatedAtBefore(beforeDateTime, PageRequest.of(0, chunkSize))
               .filter(quickTestArchive -> StringUtils.isNotBlank(quickTestArchive.getPocId()))
+              .filter(this::checkIsNotOnIgnoreListOrDelete)
               .map(this::convertQuickTest)
               .map(this::buildArchive)
               .map(repository::save)
@@ -134,6 +137,26 @@ public List<ArchiveCipherDtoV1> getQuicktestsFromLongtermByTenantId(final String
         return dtos;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the PartnerId of given Test is on ignore-list for longterm archive and directly deletes entry
+     * from archive.
+     *
+     * @param archiveData entity to check
+     * @return true if entity's partner ID is NOT on ignore list.
+     */
+    private boolean checkIsNotOnIgnoreListOrDelete(QuickTestArchiveDataView archiveData) {
+        List<String> excludedPartners = Stream.of(properties.getExcludedPartners().split(","))
+                .map(String::trim)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        if (excludedPartners.stream().anyMatch(partnerId -> partnerId.equals(archiveData.getTenantId()))) {
+            quickTestArchiveRepository.deleteById(archiveData.getHashedGuid());
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
     private ArchiveCipherDtoV1 convertQuickTest(final QuickTestArchiveDataView quickTestArchive) {
         final ArchiveCipherDtoV1 archive = new ArchiveCipherDtoV1();
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-cloud.yml b/src/main/resources/application-cloud.yml
index 03720629..c9dd740c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-cloud.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-cloud.yml
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ quicktest:
     environment-name: ${QUICK_TEST_ENVIRONMENT_NAME:unknown}
 
 archive:
+  excluded-partners: ${QT_ARCHIVE_EXCLUDED_PARTNERS:}
   moveToArchiveJob:
     cron: 0 0/5 * * * *
     locklimit: 1800000
diff --git a/src/test/java/app/coronawarn/quicktest/service/ArchiveServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/app/coronawarn/quicktest/service/ArchiveServiceTest.java
index 6de35c62..e2674ce5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/app/coronawarn/quicktest/service/ArchiveServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/app/coronawarn/quicktest/service/ArchiveServiceTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package app.coronawarn.quicktest.service;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
 import app.coronawarn.quicktest.archive.domain.Archive;
 import app.coronawarn.quicktest.archive.domain.ArchiveCipherDtoV1;
 import app.coronawarn.quicktest.archive.repository.ArchiveRepository;
@@ -31,16 +32,18 @@
 import app.coronawarn.quicktest.service.cryption.CryptionService;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
-import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Optional;
-
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomUtils;
+import org.apache.tomcat.util.buf.HexUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 
-@SpringBootTest
+@SpringBootTest(
+        properties = "archive.excludedPartners=excluded_partner , excluded_partner2"
+)
 class ArchiveServiceTest {
 
     @Autowired
@@ -70,8 +73,12 @@ void setUp() {
     void moveToArchive() throws Exception {
         // GIVEN
         final int initialArchive = this.archiveRepository.findAll().size();
-        final QuickTestArchive test = this.buildQuickTestArchive();
+        final QuickTestArchive test = this.buildQuickTestArchive("tenant_id");
+        final QuickTestArchive excludedTest = this.buildQuickTestArchive("excluded_partner");
+        final QuickTestArchive excludedTest2 = this.buildQuickTestArchive("excluded_partner2");
         this.quickTestArchiveRepository.saveAndFlush(test);
+        this.quickTestArchiveRepository.saveAndFlush(excludedTest);
+        this.quickTestArchiveRepository.saveAndFlush(excludedTest2);
         // WHEN
         this.archiveService.moveToArchive();
         // THEN
@@ -129,15 +136,16 @@ void moveToArchive() throws Exception {
         assertThat(dto.getAdditionalInfo()).isEqualTo(test.getAdditionalInfo());
         assertThat(dto.getGroupName()).isEqualTo(test.getGroupName());
         // AND deleted QuickTestArchive
-        final Optional<QuickTestArchive> deletedTest = this.quickTestArchiveRepository.findById(test.getHashedGuid());
-        assertThat(deletedTest).isEmpty();
+        Assertions.assertTrue(this.quickTestArchiveRepository.findById(test.getHashedGuid()).isEmpty(), "Archived tests are not properly deleted from archive table.");
+        Assertions.assertTrue(this.quickTestArchiveRepository.findById(excludedTest.getHashedGuid()).isEmpty(), "Excluded tests are not properly deleted from archive table.");
+        Assertions.assertTrue(this.quickTestArchiveRepository.findById(excludedTest2.getHashedGuid()).isEmpty(), "Excluded tests are not properly deleted from archive table.");
     }
 
-    private QuickTestArchive buildQuickTestArchive() {
+    private QuickTestArchive buildQuickTestArchive(String tenantId) {
         QuickTestArchive qta = new QuickTestArchive();
-        qta.setShortHashedGuid("27a9ac47");
-        qta.setHashedGuid("27a9ac470b7832857ad03b25dc96032e0a1056ff4f5afb538de4994e0a63d227");
-        qta.setTenantId("tenant_id");
+        qta.setShortHashedGuid(HexUtils.toHexString(RandomUtils.nextBytes(4)));
+        qta.setHashedGuid(HexUtils.toHexString(RandomUtils.nextBytes(32)));
+        qta.setTenantId(tenantId);
         qta.setPocId("poc_id");
         qta.setCreatedAt(LocalDateTime.now().minusMonths(3));
         qta.setUpdatedAt(LocalDateTime.now().minusMonths(2));