# Accessing data older than six months?

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/accessing-data-older-than-six-months/44189>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [February 24, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/accessing-data-older-than-six-months/44189 "2021-02-24T18:06:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/accessing-data-older-than-six-months/44189/2 "2021-02-25T16:01:47Z")

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Hi @tzoom,

Thanks for reaching out about this.

Currently, we only return data within the last 6 months via API, as you noted. If you need to retrieve messages beyond this, you can retrieve data up to 1 year from the reports available on [zoom.us](http://zoom.us):  
[Storing and viewing chat message history – Zoom Help Center](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115005516426-Storing-and-viewing-chat-message-history#:~:text=downloading%20stored%20messages-,Sign%20in%20to%20the%20Zoom%20web%20portal.,the%20From%20and%20To%20fields).

While this is expected behavior for the API, I can appreciate the need to be able to query further beyond 6 months. If you’re so inclined, I recommend posting a feature request for this here: #feature-requests

Thanks,  
Will

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