# Retention period

**URL:** <https://community.temporal.io/t/retention-period/18776>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** go-sdk\
**Created:** [December 19, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/retention-period/18776 "2025-12-19T09:44:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![vishu.nkkb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/vishu.nkkb/32/7124_2.png) [@vishu.nkkb](https://community.temporal.io/u/vishu.nkkb)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/retention-period/18776/1 "2025-12-19T09:44:49Z")

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Hii everyone.  
As far as I know, the retention period is set to a minimum of 24 hours. Is it possible to reduce it to 2 hours or even a few minutes?

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**Author:** ![tihomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/tihomir/32/6580_2.png) [@tihomir](https://community.temporal.io/u/tihomir)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/retention-period/18776/2 "2025-12-22T16:26:40Z")

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Yes you should be able to reduce namespace retention period, lowest duration in hours (so 1 hr)