---
title: "Archive video"
slug: "archive-video"
updated: 2024-10-31T07:34:47Z
published: 2024-10-31T07:34:47Z
canonical: "help.movingimage.com/archive-video"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.movingimage.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Archive video

## Description

> [!NOTE]
> This feature is not part of the standard VideoManager Pro package, please contact you account manager for the activation of the feature.

There are two ways to archive videos in your account:

- manually archive the video,
- automatic archiving.

### Archiving a video from the video list

To archive a video from the video list, follow these steps:

- Select the video you want to archive.
- Click the *Archive* button.
- Confirm the archive of the video by clicking *Archive* again.

![VMPro_DeleteVideoFromList.png](https://cdn.document360.io/02f594b8-3487-4cc3-8bf7-6eda194ea991/Images/Documentation/Bildschirmfoto 2024-10-28 um 15.53.54.png)

The selected video will be moved to the archive.

### Archive a video based on a specific date

You can also specify a date-based archiving for a video. This means that the video will be automatically moved to the [archive](/v1/docs/archive-video#the-archive) on a specific date.

To specify a date-based archiving, follow these steps:

- In the [video list](/v1/docs/video-list), highlight the entry of the video which you want to be deleted at a specific time.
- Open the [Security accordion menu](/v1/docs/security) in the editing pane.
- Click on the Security accordion and find the **Archive Date** field.
- Chose the archive date that you want to assign to your video.

![VMPro_TimeControlledDeletion.png](https://cdn.document360.io/02f594b8-3487-4cc3-8bf7-6eda194ea991/Images/Documentation/Bildschirmfoto 2024-10-28 um 15.57.44.png)

> [!NOTE]
> Note that the archive date cannot be greater than the deletion date in case the video has a retention policy assigned.

### The Archive

The archive contains all video files that have been moved via the "archive" function in the video toolbar.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/02f594b8-3487-4cc3-8bf7-6eda194ea991/Images/Documentation/image%2824%29.png)

Once in the archive, you can restore videos or leave them there undefinitely.

To restore a video from the archive, open the context menu of the video and select *Unarchive*.