Merge pull request #72052 from ClickHouse/document_ttl_only_drop_parts

Documenting MergeTree's ttl_only_drop_parts setting, and updating ref…

docs/en/engines/table-engines/mergetree-family/mergetree.md

@@ -684,8 +684,7 @@ If you perform the `SELECT` query between merges, you may get expired data. To a
 
 **See Also**
 
-- [ttl_only_drop_parts](/docs/en/operations/settings/settings.md/#ttl_only_drop_parts) setting
-
+- [ttl_only_drop_parts](/docs/en/operations/settings/merge-tree-settings#ttl_only_drop_parts) setting
 
 ## Disk types
 

docs/en/operations/settings/merge-tree-settings.md

@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ If `min_merge_bytes_to_use_direct_io = 0`, then direct I/O is disabled.
 
 Default value: `10 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024` bytes.
 
+## ttl_only_drop_parts
+
+Controls whether data parts are fully dropped in MergeTree tables when all rows in that part have expired according to their `TTL` settings.
+
+When `ttl_only_drop_parts` is disabled (by default), only the rows that have expired based on their TTL settings are removed.
+
+When `ttl_only_drop_parts` is enabled, the entire part is dropped if all rows in that part have expired according to their `TTL` settings.
+
+Default value: 0.
+
 ## merge_with_ttl_timeout
 
 Minimum delay in seconds before repeating a merge with delete TTL.