Exchange Server 2013 - Shared mailbox audit

Is shared mailbox auditing possible in exchange 2013? I want to see which users deleted/moved.. specific mails. I turned on mailbox auditing but when I want to access the data I receive:
There is no audit log of the mailbox associated with this user. The log is removed.

Hi Nick,
The
Mailbox audit logging is available in Exchange 2013. By using mailbox audit logging, you can log mailbox access by mailbox owners, delegates (including administrators with full access permissions to mailboxes), and administrators.
Please run the following command to check the Audit logging settings for the problematic user:
Get-Mailbox -Identity Shared1 | FL Identity,*Audit*
We can run the following command to enable and set Audit Logging for a mailbox:
Set-Mailbox -Identity Shared1 -AuditEnabled $True -AuditDelegate Update,Move,MoveToDeletedItems,SoftDelete,HardDelete,FolderBind,SendAs,SendOnBehalf,Create -AuditOwner Update,Move,MoveToDeletedItems,SoftDelete,HardDelete
Then we can do some operation in Shared mailbox, and use the
Search-MailboxAuditLog cmdlet to synchronously search mailbox audit log entries for a single mailbox. Additionally, we can use the
Auditing tab in the EAC to run a non-owner mailbox access report or export entries from the mailbox audit log.
Regards,
Winnie Liang
TechNet Community Support

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