GA4 Data in BigQuery is Only Kept for 60 Days？

Issue

After the GA4 data is imported into BigQuery, it is only kept for 60 days?

events_ is one table per day, and there are only 60 days in total.

Reason

The free version of BigQuery is only kept for 60 days by default.

Solution

Upgrade to the paid version, and then you can adjust the retention time.

To modify the “Edit Details” in the dataset information, click in the following order:

You can see:

Click “Save” after modification.