Playbook: Vercel deletes Pro deployments older than 30 days from October 23

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Sorry you have to deal with this. You can stay on Vercel. Here is what to change before October 23, 2026:

1. Decide which old deployments you need. Old deployments are what you roll back to. Note the ones you may need again.
2. Set your retention policy. Open Project Settings > Security > Deployment Retention Policy. Opt out or pick a period before October 23.
3. Watch the storage bill. Pro teams now pay $0.10 per GB-month for stored deployments. Longer retention costs more.

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You have until October 23, 2026. You can stay on Vercel. First: decide which old deployments you need. Then set your retention policy.
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Vercel Pro deployments older than 30 days: a change is due by October 23. You can stay on Vercel. If you would rather leave, here is how to move to Your product.

What changes at Vercel

Vercel now bills Pro teams for stored deployments. It also cuts how long it keeps them to 30 days. From October 23, 2026, older ones are deleted unless you change your settings first.

Deletion starts: October 23, 2026 (Vercel)
New retention window: 30 days (Vercel)
How to avoid it: Opt out in your retention settings before then; settings at 30 days or shorter stay as they are (Vercel)
New storage charge: $0.10 per GB-month for Deployment and Functions Storage, for all Pro teams (Vercel)
Deleted deployments: Cannot be used for rollback (Vercel)
Always kept: A deployment with a production alias, and the most recent ones (last 10 created, last 20 ready per type) (Vercel)
Recovery period: 30 days for successfully built deployments (Vercel)
Where to change it: Project Settings > Security > Deployment Retention Policy (or a team policy) (Vercel)
Posted: October 9, 2026 (Vercel)
Existing Pro teams: Deployments older than 30 days are deleted from October 23, 2026 unless they opt out (Vercel)

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Deployment Storage billing begins for existing Pro teams — Vercel (primary), checked 2026-10-13
Deployment retention — Vercel (primary), checked 2026-10-13

Vercel deletes Pro deployments older than 30 days from October 23

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