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 is changing how Live videos are stored on Facebook, marking a major shift in how the platform manages user-generated content. Starting Wednesday, new live broadcasts can be replayed, downloaded or shared from Facebook pages or profiles for only 30 days 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.

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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,