# Get/Set Cloud Recording's "Disable Auto-Delete" Status

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/get-set-cloud-recordings-disable-auto-delete-status/52316>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [June 12, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/get-set-cloud-recordings-disable-auto-delete-status/52316 "2021-06-12T12:26:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![saladd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@saladd](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/saladd)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/get-set-cloud-recordings-disable-auto-delete-status/52316/1 "2021-06-12T12:26:46Z")

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**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**  
We have a need to start pruning our cloud recording usage, so we would like to implement an Auto Delete configuration (say, 180 days). However, we have a need to protect a large number of those recordings from being deleted. We could escrow these, but it would be nice to use the API to disable auto-deletion on a large range of recordings at a time (in lieu of true data retention holds, which isn’t offered as far as we know).

**Describe the solution you’d like**  
I would like to perform a workflow like the following, likely with JWT for this scenario:

1. Use “List recordings of an account” to collect all meeting UUIDs from a designated start-end date.
2. Use “Update meeting recording settings” to set the “Disable auto-delete” flag. This might also fit well with something like the existing delete/recover recording API to set the action to “Protect.”

The ability to get this value later would be helpful for validation and reporting purposes.

**Describe alternatives you’ve considered**  
Use the List option to gather recordings of interest, then use the provided download URLs to offload the files elsewhere for retention.

**Additional context**  
In summary, looking for a way to set the below option for recordings in bulk.

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