How To: Keep a Teams Meeting Recording Longer

Summary

Teams meeting recordings and transcripts at NCU are deleted automatically after 120 days. Learn how to check the expiration date, extend it, or keep a recording with no expiration.

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Teams meeting recordings and transcripts at North Central University expire automatically 120 days after they're recorded. If you need one longer, the owner can change its expiration date before then.

In this article

Default

120 days

Applies to

Recordings and transcripts

Who can change it

The recording's owner

Adjunct faculty (A1 license): 30 days

Microsoft limits recordings made with an A1 license to 30 days, so recordings from adjunct faculty accounts expire after 30 days instead of 120. Check the expiration date soon after the meeting.

Find the expiration date

1

Open the recording

In the meeting chat, select the recording to open it in your browser. Or find it in OneDrive under My files > Recordings. Channel meeting recordings are in the channel's Files tab.

2

Open the details

Select the details (i) icon in the upper right. In OneDrive, select More options (…) > Details.

3

Look for Expiration date

It shows when the recording will be deleted.

Change or remove it

1

Open the Expiration date menu

In the details pane, select the expiration date.

2

Pick a new date or No expiration

Choose a number of days, pick a date on the calendar, or select No expiration.

Watching a recording doesn't reset its expiration date. Only changing it does.

Already expired?

An expired recording moves to the Recycle Bin of the OneDrive or SharePoint site where it was saved. You can usually restore it from there for up to 93 days. After that, it's gone for good.

  • Your meeting: open OneDrive, select Recycle bin, select the recording, then Restore.
  • Channel meeting: in the channel's Files tab, select Open in SharePoint, then open the site's Recycle bin.

Get help

Questions about Teams recordings? Submit a request through Microsoft Teams.

Still need help? Contact the IT Service Desk:

  • Call: 612.343.4170
  • Visit: Miller Hall 226
  • Hours: Monday–Thursday, 7:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. CT

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Article ID: 165464
Created
Wed 10/21/26 9:13 AM
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Sun 10/25/26 7:08 PM
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