# Availability of builds and artifacts on bitrise / for how long artifacts are kept **URL:** \ **Category:** Question & Answer\ **Created:** [February 27, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/availability-of-builds-and-artifacts-on-bitrise-for-how-long-artifacts-are-kept/984 "2017-02-27T22:10:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tony-pear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@tony-pear](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/tony-pear)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/availability-of-builds-and-artifacts-on-bitrise-for-how-long-artifacts-are-kept/984/1 "2017-02-27T22:10:03Z")
Do builds and artifacts expire/get deleted from bitrise? If so are there ways to mark and guarantee certain builds/artifacts are saved indefinitely? Also, how are the builds/artifacts backed up on bitrise? ---
**Author:** ![viktorbenei](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/viktorbenei/32/18_2.png) [@viktorbenei](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/viktorbenei)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/availability-of-builds-and-artifacts-on-bitrise-for-how-long-artifacts-are-kept/984/2 "2017-02-27T22:19:32Z")
Hi @tony-pear, Thanks for asking this here! Related discussion: > [@Deploy disk space](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/deploy-disk-space/542/2): > > Right now we don’t have a hard limit, you can store unlimited builds & build artifacts. Of course, if someone abuses the system we’ll contact them, but for normal use it’s “unlimited”. > > We might introduce some kind of limit in the future, but we don’t have any plans for that right now. If you’d have any questions just let us know! ---
**Author:** ![viktorbenei](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/viktorbenei/32/18_2.png) [@viktorbenei](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/viktorbenei)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/availability-of-builds-and-artifacts-on-bitrise-for-how-long-artifacts-are-kept/984/3 "2017-02-27T22:21:23Z")
Cross reference link: > [@Deploy disk space](http://discuss.bitrise.io/t/deploy-disk-space/542): > > If I use “Deploy to [Bitrise.io](http://Bitrise.io) - Apps, Logs, Artifacts” step, how much disk space do I have for retaining the generated ipa or apk files including old builds? Maybe per app, or per account? ---
**Author:** ![xavier.lowmiller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/xavier.lowmiller/32/3260_2.png) [@xavier.lowmiller](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/xavier.lowmiller)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/availability-of-builds-and-artifacts-on-bitrise-for-how-long-artifacts-are-kept/984/4 "2020-11-17T13:42:26Z")
Is it possible to automatically remove build artifacts after a certain period? ---
**Author:** ![thi.nguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@thi.nguyen](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/thi.nguyen)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/availability-of-builds-and-artifacts-on-bitrise-for-how-long-artifacts-are-kept/984/5 "2020-12-02T18:44:29Z")
Unfortunately there isn’t this option at the moment. Currently the only way to “remove an artifact” is to delete the build. Thi ---
**Author:** ![Hanchul\_Kim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hanchul\_Kim](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/Hanchul_Kim)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/availability-of-builds-and-artifacts-on-bitrise-for-how-long-artifacts-are-kept/984/6 "2022-07-14T08:27:27Z")
Does the artifacts policy changed? It looks like every artifacts built before than 3 months, had been archived. The install web pages are alive, but download link returns ‘InvalidObjectState’ in xml. ---
**Author:** ![Roland-Bak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/roland-bak/32/3480_2.png) [@Roland-Bak](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/Roland-Bak)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/availability-of-builds-and-artifacts-on-bitrise-for-how-long-artifacts-are-kept/984/7 "2022-08-18T11:07:52Z")
Hi there @Hanchul_Kim 👋 You are correct, older artifacts are archived currently. We are working on a feature to enable you to restore them yourself in the future, but until then, we can do it for you, just contact us at [https://support.bitrise.io/](https://support.bitrise.io/), and we will be happy to help! 🙂