Can members still see the live after I kill it?

Yes — the recording stays in the original post by default. Members can scrub through the replay any time. If you want to hide it, you have two options: delete the post entirely (which also kills the comments and chat replay), or edit the post and remove the video attachment. Skool.com doesn't have a "hide replay but keep the post" toggle. Most owners leave the replay up because it drives async engagement.

Why is there no attendee list when a skool live ends?

Skool.com's live tooling is intentionally minimal. The platform shows the host a peak concurrent count and total joins during the stream, but doesn't expose member identities post-stream. The chat replay is the only persistent record of who showed up — and only the people who actually typed are visible there. Lurkers stay anonymous. If attendance tracking matters to you, run the live on a tool that exports a participant list and embed the replay back into skool.

What if my skool live cuts out mid-stream?

Skool.com detects host disconnects within 30-60 seconds and ends the stream automatically. The recording up to the disconnect saves. You can start a fresh live to pick up where you left off, but viewers have to click into the new post — there's no continuation. To avoid this entirely, stream from a wired connection and have a backup hotspot ready. Internet hiccups are the most common reason streams die mid-flow.

How do I follow up with members who attended the live?

Skool.com doesn't have a built-in attendee follow-up flow. Manually: scroll the chat replay, note the names, DM each one. At scale this breaks. Tools4skool's Comment Miner pulls every commenter from a post (including the live's chat) into a list, and the Auto DM Sequence can fire a templated thank-you with a custom hook tied to what each person asked during the live. The Member Export CSV gives you a clean list to import into your CRM.

Can I download the recording after killing the live?

Skool.com doesn't expose a direct download button on live recordings. The video plays inline in the post but the file isn't downloadable through the standard UI. Workarounds: use a browser extension that captures HLS streams (variable quality), screen-record the replay (lossy and slow), or — cleanest — record the live locally on your end during the stream using OBS or your streaming software. Then upload the local file as a regular post and delete the live's auto-recording.

Skool Kill Live: Ending a Live Stream Cleanly

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TL;DR
How to kill a skool live
What happens after you end
The recording handoff
Following up with attendees
FAQ

TL;DR

On skool.com, killing a live stream means hitting the End Live button in the streamer's toolbar. The stream stops immediately for everyone watching, the recording saves to the original post automatically, and the live indicator drops off the community feed within a few seconds. There's no confirmation modal — the click is final. Members who joined the live see a "Stream ended" message and the chat closes. The recording stays accessible in the post unless you manually delete it. The real work starts after you kill the stream: thanking attendees, following up with the people who promised to do something, and pinging the no-shows so the live wasn't a one-shot. Skool.com doesn't help with that follow-up; you do it manually or with an extension.

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How to kill a skool live stream

Inside the live UI on skool.com, the bottom toolbar shows a red End Live button. Click it. The stream cuts within 1-2 seconds for all viewers. There's no "are you sure" prompt — skool.com assumes you mean it. If you accidentally clicked, you can start a new live, but the previous stream is closed and its replay is locked to the original post.

If the live freezes mid-stream and the End button doesn't respond, refreshing the page usually drops you out of host mode and ends the stream from the server side within 30-60 seconds. Worst case: close the tab. Skool.com will detect the host disconnect and end the stream automatically. The recording up to the disconnect point typically still saves.

What happens immediately after you end

The live post in your community feed updates from "LIVE NOW" to "Recorded — [duration]". Anyone scrolling the feed sees the replay thumbnail and can play it back. The chat from the live becomes a static comment thread on the post. Reactions and comments members left during the stream stay visible.

Members who joined the stream are not tagged in the post. Skool.com doesn't keep a public attendee list — only the host can see, in the live's internal stats panel, how many people showed up at peak. There's no export of attendee identities. If you want to know who actually came, you have to read the chat replay and note the names that posted, or use a third-party tool to scrape the participant list while the stream was live.

The recording handoff

The replay sits inside the original live post. Members can scrub through it like any video. Quality matches what you streamed — if your upload was 720p, the replay is 720p. There's no transcoding for higher resolutions after the fact.

If you want the recording elsewhere (YouTube, your course inside the same skool community, a Notion doc), skool.com doesn't give you a direct download. You'd need to screen-record the replay or use a browser extension that captures HLS streams. For long lives — 60+ minutes — that's painful. The cleanest workaround most owners use: schedule the live in software that records locally (StreamYard, Riverside, OBS) and then post the file natively. You lose the live-on-skool feel but gain a clean MP4.

Following up with attendees and no-shows

The live ends, the dopamine drops, and most owners move on. The 24 hours after the stream is the highest-leverage window in the community: attendees are warm, no-shows feel mild FOMO. Skool.com doesn't automate any of this.

What works: a pinned post in the community feed thanking attendees with a link to the replay; a DM to anyone who commented during the live with a personal callback; a "missed it?" DM to members who RSVPed but didn't show. Tools4skool's Auto DM Sequences can fire that no-show DM automatically when triggered by a tag or a calendar RSVP, including a link back to the replay. Comment Miner picks up the people who asked questions during the live so you can follow up specifically on what they wanted answered. Without that follow-up loop, the live is a sugar high — high engagement during, zero retention impact after.

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Frequently asked

No. The End Live button takes effect immediately on click. There's no confirmation modal, no "are you sure?" prompt. If you misclick, the stream ends for everyone and you'd have to start a fresh live to continue. The replay of the cut-off stream still saves automatically. This catches new owners off guard — go slow with the End button until you've ended a few streams intentionally and know where it is.