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How to find and save your Twitch VOD before it expires

Twitch deletes past broadcasts after a while. If your best GTA 6 moment is in last week's stream, here is how to find it and keep it.

6 minute read. Updated November 10, 2026.

How long Twitch keeps your VODs

Twitch stores past broadcasts for a limited time and then deletes them. For most streamers the window is about a week. Partners, and users with certain subscriptions, get a longer window, commonly cited as around 60 days. Twitch changes these rules from time to time, so check Twitch's own help pages for the current numbers on your account.

Highlights and uploads are different. They are not deleted on the same schedule, although Twitch has introduced storage limits on how many hours you can keep. If a stream matters, turn the important part into a highlight or download it.

Make sure past broadcasts are being saved

If you have never seen your old streams in your video list, saving may be switched off. In your creator dashboard, look in the stream settings for the option to store past broadcasts and switch it on. From then on, every stream is saved as a VOD automatically.

Do this before GTA 6 launches. Launch-week streams are the ones you will most want to clip, and a setting switched on afterwards does not bring old streams back.

Find your VOD link

There are two easy ways to find a past broadcast:

From your channel page

  1. Open your channel on Twitch.
  2. Go to the Videos tab and filter by past broadcasts.
  3. Open the stream and copy the address. It looks like twitch.tv/videos/ followed by a long number.

From the creator dashboard

The video producer section of the creator dashboard lists every past broadcast, highlight and upload, with options to download, highlight or delete each one.

Paste that link into the Twitch clip maker and aiclipmaker reads the whole stream, including the chat replay.

Download a copy you control

Twitch lets you download your own past broadcasts from the video producer in the creator dashboard. Look for the download option in the menu next to the video. Twitch prepares the file, which can take a while for long streams, and then your browser downloads it.

  • Long streams make large files, so check you have space.
  • Keep the original file. You can upload it to aiclipmaker any time, even after the VOD expires.
  • Name files with the date and game so you can find them later.

Use highlights to keep the best parts

A highlight is a section of a past broadcast saved as its own video. Highlights stay on your channel after the original broadcast expires, which makes them a good way to keep the parts of a stream that matter.

You don't need to make the highlight perfect. A rough five or ten minute section around the moment is enough. aiclipmaker will find the exact start and end when it makes the clip.

What about other people's VODs?

You can find any public past broadcast on a streamer's channel page in the same way. Being able to see a VOD is not the same as having permission to repost it, though. If you clip someone else's stream, do it through their clipping program, a campaign they run, or with their direct approval. Our guide to making money clipping GTA streams covers how that usually works.

A simple routine that never loses a moment

  1. Past broadcasts switched on before you start streaming GTA 6.
  2. After each stream, paste the VOD into aiclipmaker while it is fresh.
  3. Highlight or download any stream with moments you want to keep long-term.
  4. Once a week, check for anything about to expire.