# Video Timelapse

[Verkada Command](/command/getting-started/get-started-with-verkada-command.md) threads together thumbnails over a 24-hour period allowing you to view the entire time as a timelapse that you can download as an MP4 file for sharing.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Timelapses are only available for the past 30 days of footage.
{% endhint %}

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## Enable timelapse

{% hint style="danger" %}
You must enable the timelapse feature before you can use it, they cannot not be generated retroactively from the point of activation.
{% endhint %}

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Cameras.**
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{% step %}
**Select a camera.**
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**At the right of the camera feed, click the Settings icon.**
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**On the left, select Device.**
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**Toggle on Timelapse.**

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{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

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## Use timelapse

{% hint style="warning" %}
The timelapse feature is available only in 24-hour increments and is unavailable if there is less than 24 hours of footage.
{% endhint %}

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Cameras.**
{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**Select a camera.**
{% endstep %}

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**Under the camera feed, click the History icon.**
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{% step %}
**On the right, click the Clips dropdown and select Timelapse.**

1. Move your cursor over the motion bar to scroll through the timelapse.
2. Click the thumbnail to play the timelapse.

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{% endstep %}

{% step %}
**(Optional) When playing back a timelapse, click the Download icon to save it as an MP4 file.**
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

![Timelapse example](/files/XwIbNAEeAa4MbDVaQUU1)


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