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description: Customize the retention period for a queue, from a minimum of 60 seconds to a maximum of 14 days.
title: Customize queue message retention periods
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February 14, 2025

## Customize queue message retention periods

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You can now customize a queue's message retention period, from a minimum of 60 seconds to a maximum of 14 days. Previously, it was fixed to the default of 4 days.

![Customize a queue's message retention period](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=1898,height=986,format=webp/_astro/customize-retention-period.CpK7s10q.png)

You can customize the retention period on the settings page for your queue, or using Wrangler:

*Update message retention periodbash*

```bash
$ wrangler queues update my-queue --message-retention-period-secs 600
```

This feature is available on all new and existing queues. If you haven't used Cloudflare Queues before, [get started with the Cloudflare Queues guide](https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/get-started).

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