How long do Ring cameras keep footage?

How long can I access recorded videos under the Ring Protect Basic plan? Your Ring videos are stored in the cloud for up to 30 days. To keep important videos beyond that time, download them to your PC or mobile device.
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How long does a Ring camera hold recordings?

The Ring Protect Plan is an optional subscription plan that allows you to store videos in your Ring account. In the US, Video Storage Time has been set at a default of 60 days. That means a video would remain in your account for 60 days from the initial recording date.
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Does Ring keep videos forever?

Police officers who access video footage from Amazon's Ring doorbell cameras can keep those videos forever and share them with anyone, even if the video includes no evidence of a crime, Amazon told a senator earlier this month. Ring is partnered with more than 600 police departments across the US.
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Can you get old Ring footage?

Hey @Championi. Depending on your region, you will only have video storage for a maximum of 60 days (30 days for Europe). Any video older than the allowed time frame for video storage will be automatically removed and irretrievable.
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Do Ring cameras keep recordings?

Are Ring cameras always recording? No, Ring cameras only record when motion is detected. If you pay for the Protect Plan, you can enable snapshot images to be taken on Ring Cameras every 3 minutes to every hour between motion detected recordings.
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Does Ring delete video?

Videos will be automatically deleted from your Ring account after 60 days, so if you want to keep them longer than that, you will need to save them on to one of your other devices such as a phone or laptop.
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Does Ring give footage to police?

Nothing. Ring won't provide law enforcement with access to your cameras, your videos, or any of your personal information.
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Where does Ring store video?

Recording Video on a Ring Doorbell

These recordings are directly stored in Ring's Cloud storage and will only be accessible to you. While you can't officially save these videos directly to an NPS or local storage, you can download them after the fact.
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Why can't I view my Ring history?

Whether you have a Ring doorbell or just a Ring camera, its ability to record video depends on the strength of your Wi-Fi signal. If your Wi-Fi signal isn't strong enough for the Ring to transmit video back to its central servers, you're not going to be seeing anything in your event history.
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Can you get Ring footage past 60 days?

At Ring we value your security and your privacy. Videos will only be saved if you are subscribed to one of our Protect Plans, or in free trial period. If videos are deleted manually, deleted after 30/60 days, or the plan lapses, there is no way to recover them as they are only stored on your account.
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Can police recover deleted CCTV footage?

The answer is no. Though CCTV deletion is manual, certain conditions make the CCTV videos go away from their destinations. Such as: Your storage device is making room for new footages.
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How long does Ring last without subscription?

Your Ring videos are stored in the cloud for up to 30 days. To keep important videos beyond that time, download them to your PC or mobile device. You may do this from the Ring app or by going here.
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How do I delete all Ring history?

On the Android Ring app, please visit your Event History list. Once there, if you swipe right on the list of events, checkboxes should appear next to each event. There will also be an option to “Delete All” at the bottom right corner of the screen.
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How can you tell if someone deleted their ring video?

There is not a way to see what videos have deleted in the Ring app, but this would be a great idea!
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Shared users are NOT able to do the following:
  1. Delete stored videos or shared videos.
  2. Delete devices from your account.
  3. Change or adjust any device settings.
  4. Add other Shared Users.
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How far back can you see on Ring doorbell?

How Far Can Ring Cameras 'See'? Ring cameras can 'see' a good distance – about 30 feet away. However, even though they can give you a view of that distance, the clarity begins to decline after a certain point.
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What happens if I don't subscribe to Ring?

Well, the short answer for Ring doorbell and Ring camera owners is: Without a Ring Protect subscription, you won't be able to view back any recordings at all – even ones triggered by doorbell presses or your Ring alarm system.
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Can I still see videos on Ring without subscription?

Ring devices don't require a Ring Protect subscription plan. Without a subscription, you can view real-time video for Ring doorbells and security cameras and answer doorbell notifications when they happen. However, without a Ring Protect plan, you don't get video recordings of those events.
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How long can you legally keep CCTV footage?

There isn't a hard and fast rule about how long you should – or can – keep CCTV footage. A lot depends on why you are collecting it, and whether any potential criminal activity has been identified that should be shared with the police. Generally, the authorities recommend a retention period of 31 days.
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How do police find deleted files?

When investigators want to see hidden data, they use a "file system acquisition." Mobile devices are big databases, and a file system acquisition gives an investigator access to all of the files in the database. This includes hidden and root files, but still no deleted data.
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Can FBI recover deleted files?

So, in conclusion: Yes, law enforcement can retrieve files you've deleted.
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How long does Ring live view last?

Live View will automatically turn off after 10 minutes..
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Why is my Ring camera missing footage?

The most common cause for your Ring device missing video is a poor Wi-Fi connection. You also need to make sure that you have a Ring Protect subscription and you've got the proper settings for your Ring's motion detection.
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How do I find my Ring history by date?

Now to select the narrowed time-span period of dates, click on “Filter Events” and under “By Date” click on “All Available Dates” which will drop-down a calendar.
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