Enabling VOD storage on Twitch

Why this setting matters

VOD Manager can save your streams only after Twitch has made a past broadcast. If Twitch does not keep the recording when you stop streaming, there is no file for VOD Manager, your editor, or your future self to grab later.

• Store past broadcasts controls whether Twitch creates the full stream recording after you go offline.
• This is separate from clips and highlights. Twitch still lets you make those, but they are not the same as a full VOD archive.
• Turning the setting on now only helps future streams. It cannot create a VOD for a stream that already ended.

Where the setting lives

Twitch moves labels around over time, so look for the panel that controls past broadcast saving. At publication time, the path is in the desktop Creator Dashboard under the stream settings page.

1. 1 From any Twitch page, click your avatar and open Creator Dashboard.
2. 2 In the left sidebar, open Settings, then Stream.
3. 3 Scroll to VOD Settings and turn Store past broadcasts on.
4. 4 If you want new VODs to be public by default, turn on Always Publish VODs too. Subscriber-only VODs require Partner or Affiliate status and use a different setting.

How to confirm it is working

After your next stream ends, wait about 5 to 15 minutes. Then open Creator Dashboard, go to Content, and check Video Producer. Twitch sometimes labels this area Video Manager, but the job is the same: it lists saved past broadcasts and uploaded videos.

If your past broadcast appears there, Twitch is saving VODs for your channel. VOD Manager will detect the new recording and archive it the next time your account is online. If nothing appears, recheck Store past broadcasts before your next stream starts.

VOD retention reminder

Turning on past broadcast storage starts the clock. Twitch keeps most VODs for 14 days. Partners, Affiliates, Turbo users, and Prime users get up to 60 days. Clips and highlights have separate timing. Read the VOD retention guide.

Common problems

• The toggle is on, but Video Producer is empty. The stream may have been very short, the broadcast may have been offline-mode, or Store past broadcasts may have been turned on after the stream started. Only future streams will save.
• VODs disappear before VOD Manager finds them. That points to the retention window, not the toggle. Check how long Twitch keeps VODs for your account type.
• Always Publish VODs is off and you cannot find the public VOD. Open the saved broadcast in Video Producer and change its visibility there.

Mobile streamers

The Store past broadcasts toggle lives in the desktop Twitch dashboard. If you only stream from a phone, sign in to Twitch from a desktop browser once, turn the setting on, and then go back to your normal mobile stream setup.