BRAKING: Meta to Begin Auto-Deleting Facebook Live Videos Starting February 2025
Meta Platforms, Inc. has announced a new policy that will impact anyone who uses Facebook Live: starting February 19, 2025, live video recordings will be automatically deleted after 30 days unless users download them.
What’s Changing?
If you’ve used Facebook Live to stream video, be aware that starting in early 2025, those live recordings will no longer be stored indefinitely. Users will have 30 days from the date of each live stream to download and save the video. After that period, the content will be permanently deleted from Meta’s servers.
“After 30 days, live video recordings will be permanently deleted,” Meta announced in a recent update to its Help Center.
What’s Not Affected?
This change only applies to live videos. Other types of content will not be affected, including:
- Uploaded (non-live) videos
- Photos and other media
- Live videos from memorialized accounts, which Meta confirms are exempt from this deletion policy
What Should You Do?
To prevent losing your live content, take the following steps before February 19, 2025:
- Visit your Facebook Live Video Library
- Identify any live streams you want to keep
- Download them to your device within the 30-day window following each stream
Official Source:
For more information and detailed guidance, refer to Meta’s official announcement:
👉 Meta Help Center – Live Video Deletion Policy
The email reads:
| Download your old Facebook Live videos by <date>. |
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| We are sending you this email because your <name here > previously broadcasted a Facebook Live video. |
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| Facebook is rolling out changes to its storage policy for Facebook Live videos. Starting February 19, Facebook Live videos will be retained for 30 days by default on your Facebook Page or profile, during which you can view, delete, or download the video. After 30 days, you will no longer be able to access your Live videos and they will automatically be removed from your Page and deleted from our servers. |
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| As part of this transition, Facebook Live videos older than 30 days will be deleted. We want to make sure you have the opportunity to keep any Live videos you published, so any Live videos published before February 19 will be made available for you to download until <date>. After that, any existing Live videos published before February 19 will be deleted from your Page or profile. Visit your Facebook settings to view your options for downloading Live videos. |
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