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title: "What are expiring assets?"
date: "2025-01-09T15:12:05+00:00"
summary: "Learn about expiring assets, how to track them, and receive timely notifications. Discover how to manage asset expirations effectively and stay informed about your watched content's lifecycle."
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If you have permission, you can [watch assets](How-do-I-watch-assets) and get [notified by alert or email](/acquia-dam/user-what-alerts-or-email-notifications-can-i-get "As a user, what alerts or email notifications can I get?") when your watched assets will expire within seven days.  
  
[Expiration dates](What-are-expiration-dates) can be applied to all assets.

Track expiring watched assets
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You can receive alerts or email notifications when assets you're watching will expire. To turn this on, go to your user profile and select User Settings. Within Preferences, select Track Expiring Assets in Watched Asset Notifications.  
  

![watched asset notification selection](https://acquia.widen.net/content/80909057-9e2e-400a-88e2-a00873fd0173/web/ka0Pb0000006sCD00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvki.png)

  
  
The email lets you know that assets you're watching are within seven days of expiring. A link to the expiring assets is included.