# Wowza Streams Files are Deleted

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streams-files-are-deleted/97573>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** wowza-streaming-engine\
**Created:** [September 6, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streams-files-are-deleted/97573 "2024-09-06T01:38:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![hellomias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90db22/32.png) [@hellomias](https://community.wowza.com/u/hellomias)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streams-files-are-deleted/97573/1 "2024-09-06T01:38:48Z")

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[Question 1 Wowza Stream Files are deleted Permently]  
I have a question , i made wowza a.stream, b.stream files, occured permently stream files are deleted  
idk Why stream files are deleted

[Question 2 Recorded Stream Video Delete automatically?]  
We record videos from wowza  
can we delete recorded file automatically?

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Tuchler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_tuchler/32/462_2.png) [@Jason\_Tuchler](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Tuchler)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-streams-files-are-deleted/97573/2 "2024-09-25T22:49:47Z")

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Hello @hellomias

1. Wowza does not delete stream files, unless:you make a REST API call to delete them:  
[https://www.wowza.com/docs/stream-management-query-examples#remove-a-stream-file6](https://www.wowza.com/docs/stream-management-query-examples#remove-a-stream-file6)

Also, there might be some OS level drive clean-up to the content directory where the smil files are stored.

1. This would need to be set at the OS level, potentially a cron job to schedule a clean-up of recorded files in the content directory. To ensure that you are deleting the correct file type, it will be MP4.