Expired recording Teams Meeting

Hello Imke van Herk,

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In most cases, you can recover an expired recording, as long as it has not been permanently deleted. According to Manage Teams recording policies for meetings and events - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn, Teams meeting recordings automatically expire, typically after 90 days unless the expiration is manually changed. When a recording reaches its expiration date, it is moved to either the OneDrive or SharePoint recycle bin depending on where it was originally stored: OneDrive for standard meetings and SharePoint for channel meetings. Once expired, the file can still be recovered, but only within a 93‑day window before it is permanently deleted.

1/ Check the meeting organizer's OneDrive

For regular Teams meetings, recordings are saved in the organizer's OneDrive, even if someone else started the recording.

• Ask the meeting organizer to open OneDrive > My files > Recordings and check whether the recordings are still available.

2/ Check the OneDrive Recycle Bin

• If the recordings are missing, ask the organizer to open OneDrive > Recycle bin.
• Locate the recordings, select them, and click Restore.

3/ Check SharePoint (for channel meetings)

If the meeting was held in a Teams channel, the recordings are stored in SharePoint.

• Open Microsoft Teams and navigate to the relevant team and channel.
• Select Shared or Files, then click Open in SharePoint.
• Open Documents and check the channel's Recordings folder.
• If the recordings are missing, open the SharePoint site's Recycle bin.
• Select the recordings and click Restore.

For reference:

• Teams meeting recording storage and permissions
• Manage Teams recording expiration policy