Live videos used to be stored indefinitely, but Meta-owned Facebook says 'most live video views occur within the first few weeks of broadcasting.'

Live videos currently older than 30 days will be removed from Facebook. Before your archival live videos are deleted, you will be notified by email and in the app, and from then you’ll have 90 days to download or transfer your content.

Facebook announced on Tuesday that live videos will now only be stored on the social network for 30 days, after which they will be deleted.

Meta announced some new policies for Facebook live broadcasts and it's going to lead to a lot of deleted videos. On Tuesday, the company announced in a blog post that all Facebook live broadcasts will only stay on Facebook Pages or profiles for 30 days,

Facebook will now delete your Live videos after 30 days. Learn how to download or transfer your videos to cloud storage before they’re gone for good.

Facebook will automatically delete live broadcast videos from Pages and profiles after 30 days, according to a recent announcement by the popular social media platform. Users who want to keep their live videos must download or transfer them before they expire.

Facebook has revised its policy regarding live videos. Live videos created from user accounts will now be deleted after a few days. However, users have the option to download their live videos before they are removed.

Facebook will start deleting users’ live broadcast recordings after 30 days starting on February 19th. Users who go live after that date must download the videos to save them from getting deleted before their 30-day expiration period ends.

Content on Facebook more than 30 days old will start to be deleted automatically, users were warned. The change relates to video live steams, which were previously stored indefinitely. From today, any new livestreams will have a 30-day shelf life before being tossed into the abyss,