diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_rendered_files.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_rendered_files.py
index c69dddd6ec..5c68af888f 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_rendered_files.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_rendered_files.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class CollectRenderedFiles(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
     label = "Collect rendered frames"
     settings_category = "core"
 
-    remove_files = True
+    remove_files = False
 
     _context = None
 
diff --git a/server/settings/publish_plugins.py b/server/settings/publish_plugins.py
index e6a146a9d8..5f5891e4f4 100644
--- a/server/settings/publish_plugins.py
+++ b/server/settings/publish_plugins.py
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ class IntegrateHeroVersionModel(BaseSettingsModel):
 
 class CollectRenderedFilesModel(BaseSettingsModel):
     remove_files: bool = SettingsField(
-        True,
+        False,
         title="Remove rendered files",
         description=(
             "Remove rendered files and metadata json on publish.\n\n"
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ DEFAULT_PUBLISH_VALUES = {
         "enabled": True,
     },
     "CollectRenderedFiles": {
-        "remove_files": True
+        "remove_files": False
     },
     "CleanUp": {
         "paterns": [],  # codespell:ignore paterns