{"id":341,"date":"2025-02-22T03:10:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T04:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hudsonpcrepair.com\/?p=341"},"modified":"2025-02-22T16:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T16:21:12","slug":"meta-announces-changes-to-facebook-live-video-storage-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hudsonpcrepair.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/meta-announces-changes-to-facebook-live-video-storage-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Announces Changes to Facebook Live Video Storage Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 3 []\">Meta is updating its Facebook Live video storage policy, limiting the availability of live broadcasts to 30 days before automatic deletion. The change, which takes effect on <strong>February 19<\/strong>, will align Facebook\u2019s storage policies with industry standards and streamline how live video content is managed on the platform.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>New 30-Day Limit for Live Videos<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Under the updated policy, <strong>new live broadcast videos can be replayed, downloaded, or shared for 30 days<\/strong> before they are automatically removed from Facebook. Previously, live videos were stored indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, all live videos older than 30 days will be deleted in phases over the coming months. Meta will notify users before deletion, giving them <strong>90 days to download, transfer, or repurpose their content.<\/strong> Users will receive these notifications via email and in the app.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Options for Downloading and Transferring Live Videos<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>To assist users in preserving their content, Meta has introduced several tools to facilitate the download or transfer of live videos before they are removed.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Single Video Download:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li>Locate the <strong>Videos tab<\/strong> on your Facebook Page or profile.<\/li>\n<li>Find the live video you want to download.<\/li>\n<li>Open the video in full-screen mode, click <strong>[\u2026]<\/strong>, and select <strong>\u201cDownload video.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Users can also download multiple videos via the <strong>Activity Log<\/strong> by selecting \u201cYour live videos\u201d and choosing a date range.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Bulk Video Download:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li>Users can <strong>select multiple live videos<\/strong> to download at once.<\/li>\n<li>A notification will direct users to the download interface, where they can choose a destination for the saved files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Transferring Live Videos:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li>Users can transfer videos directly to cloud storage providers such as <strong>Dropbox or Google Drive.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In the download interface, select <strong>\u201cTransfer live videos\u201d<\/strong> and choose a preferred storage location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Convert Live Videos to Reels<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>To retain moments from past live videos beyond the 30-day limit, Meta is offering a feature that allows users to <strong>clip and convert live videos into Reels<\/strong>. This option enables users to share key moments on their profile pages.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Postponing Deletion for Additional Time<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Users who need more time to manage their archived live videos can <strong>postpone deletion for up to six months.<\/strong> To defer deletion:<\/p>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li>Open the deletion notification.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>\u201cLearn more\u201d<\/strong> and tap <strong>\u201cPostpone deletion.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Confirm by tapping <strong>\u201cPostpone.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><small>Image: Meta<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This article, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/facebook-live-video-storage-policy-change\/\">Meta Announces Changes to Facebook Live Video Storage Policy<\/a>&#8221; was first published on <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\">Small Business Trends<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta is updating its Facebook Live video storage policy, limiting the availability of live broadcasts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hudsonpcrepair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hudsonpcrepair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hudsonpcrepair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hudsonpcrepair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hudsonpcrepair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.hudsonpcrepair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342,"href":"http:\/\/www.hudsonpcrepair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hudsonpcrepair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hudsonpcrepair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hudsonpcrepair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}