Twitch is planning to cull some of the content archived by streamers to save on storage costs. On Wednesday, the streaming platform announced that it will introduce a 100-hour storage cap for highlights and uploads starting on April 19th, warning that users will have their content automatically deleted until it falls below the limit.

Twitch is putting a cap on how much storage a streamer can take up for their uploads and highlight videos. The streaming service has announced that starting on April 19, all uploads and highlights will count towards a new 100-hour storage limit for each streamer,

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This limit does not apply to Past Broadcasts or Clips and is expected to impact less than 0.5 percent of active streamers.

Twitch is imposing a storage restriction on certain types of content.

Twitch is limiting streamers to 100 hours of highlights and uploads, and will delete content if a channel exceeds the limit.