Grade B- — Mostly fair (score 74/100)
Twitch requires a broad, perpetual content license and imposes a one-year statute of limitations on all legal claims.
Broad content license, unilateral changes, and shortened statute of limitations.
you grant Twitch... an unrestricted, worldwide, irrevocable, fully sub-licenseable, nonexclusive, and royalty-free right to: (a) use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from... in perpetuity if permitted under applicable law
Twitch claims a permanent, global right to use, modify, and profit from your content, even after you delete it or close your account.
Twitch may amend any of the terms of these Terms of Service by posting the amended terms... Your continued use of the Twitch Services after the effective date of the revised Terms of Service constitutes your acceptance of the terms.
Twitch can change the contract at any time, and by continuing to use the service, you automatically agree to the new terms.
YOU AND TWITCH AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE TWITCH SERVICES MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
You have a very limited window of one year to bring any legal claim against Twitch, which is shorter than many standard statutes of limitations.
Twitch reserves the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to stop providing the Twitch Services (or any features) to you... for any reason
Twitch can ban you or delete your account at any time, for any reason, without warning.
You may terminate your license to use the Twitch Services and this Terms of Service agreement at your discretion at any time by ceasing to use the Twitch Services or, if you are a registered user, by deleting your Twitch account.
You have the right to cancel your account and stop using the service at any time.
Last reviewed 2026-07-25 under rubric v3.5.