# Replay recording retention - Docs

Depending on how your app or website is built, recordings can take a lot of disk space. To manage this, we have the following session recording retention policy options in place.

## Configuring recording retention period

The retention period for your recordings can be configured in the [**Data retention** section of the session replay settings](https://app.posthog.com/settings/project-replay#replay-retention):

![Configure session recording retention settings for your recordings](https://res.cloudinary.com/dmukukwp6/image/upload/q_auto,f_auto/configure_retention_period_in_replay_settings_81e98b6e9f.png)

**Changes only apply to new recordings**

When you select a different retention period, a confirmation modal appears before the setting is applied. The new retention period only affects recordings captured from that point forward – existing recordings keep their original retention period.

The longest available retention period depends on your PostHog plan:

| Plan | Data retention |
| --- | --- |
| Free | Up to 30 days |
| Pay-as-you-go | Up to 90 days |
| Boost | Up to 1 year |
| Scale | Up to 1 year |
| Enterprise | Up to 5 years |

> **Note:** When a recording expires, the deletion is not immediate. Recordings may still appear for a short time after the retention period expires or when manually deleted via the UI. Once a recording has been deleted we are unable to restore it - this makes data retention a useful feature if you are subject to data protection regulations.

## Exporting recordings

You can export individual recordings you want to preserve by clicking **Export to JSON** in the more options menu in the top right of a recording. Downloaded recordings can then be imported back into PostHog for future playback, even if the original recording has expired.

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