diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/jobs_list/components/edit_job_flyout/edit_job_flyout.js b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/jobs_list/components/edit_job_flyout/edit_job_flyout.js
index b463322ea55db..3508d69ee2212 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/jobs_list/components/edit_job_flyout/edit_job_flyout.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/jobs_list/components/edit_job_flyout/edit_job_flyout.js
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ export class EditJobFlyoutUI extends Component {
       jobDescription: '',
       jobGroups: [],
       jobModelMemoryLimit: '',
+      jobModelSnapshotRetentionDays: 10,
+      jobDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays: 10,
       jobDetectors: [],
       jobDetectorDescriptions: [],
       jobCustomUrls: [],
@@ -96,6 +98,8 @@ export class EditJobFlyoutUI extends Component {
         'jobDescription',
         'jobGroups',
         'jobModelMemoryLimit',
+        'jobModelSnapshotRetentionDays',
+        'jobDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays',
         'jobCustomUrls',
         'jobDetectors',
         'jobDetectorDescriptions',
@@ -128,6 +132,15 @@ export class EditJobFlyoutUI extends Component {
       job.analysis_limits && job.analysis_limits.model_memory_limit
         ? job.analysis_limits.model_memory_limit
         : '';
+
+    const modelSnapshotRetentionDays =
+      job.model_snapshot_retention_days !== undefined ? job.model_snapshot_retention_days : 10;
+
+    const dailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays =
+      job.daily_model_snapshot_retention_after_days !== undefined
+        ? job.daily_model_snapshot_retention_after_days
+        : modelSnapshotRetentionDays;
+
     const detectors =
       job.analysis_config && job.analysis_config.detectors
         ? [...job.analysis_config.detectors]
@@ -146,6 +159,8 @@ export class EditJobFlyoutUI extends Component {
       jobDescription: job.description,
       jobGroups: job.groups !== undefined ? job.groups : [],
       jobModelMemoryLimit: mml,
+      jobModelSnapshotRetentionDays: modelSnapshotRetentionDays,
+      jobDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays: dailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays,
       jobDetectors: detectors,
       jobDetectorDescriptions: detectors.map((d) => d.detector_description),
       jobBucketSpan: bucketSpan,
@@ -229,6 +244,8 @@ export class EditJobFlyoutUI extends Component {
       description: this.state.jobDescription,
       groups: this.state.jobGroups,
       mml: this.state.jobModelMemoryLimit,
+      modelSnapshotRetentionDays: this.state.jobModelSnapshotRetentionDays,
+      dailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays: this.state.jobDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays,
       detectorDescriptions: this.state.jobDetectorDescriptions,
       datafeedQuery: collapseLiteralStrings(this.state.datafeedQuery),
       datafeedQueryDelay: this.state.datafeedQueryDelay,
@@ -275,6 +292,8 @@ export class EditJobFlyoutUI extends Component {
         jobDescription,
         jobGroups,
         jobModelMemoryLimit,
+        jobModelSnapshotRetentionDays,
+        jobDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays,
         jobDetectors,
         jobDetectorDescriptions,
         jobBucketSpan,
@@ -302,6 +321,8 @@ export class EditJobFlyoutUI extends Component {
               jobDescription={jobDescription}
               jobGroups={jobGroups}
               jobModelMemoryLimit={jobModelMemoryLimit}
+              jobModelSnapshotRetentionDays={jobModelSnapshotRetentionDays}
+              jobDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays={jobDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays}
               setJobDetails={this.setJobDetails}
               jobGroupsValidationError={jobGroupsValidationError}
               jobModelMemoryLimitValidationError={jobModelMemoryLimitValidationError}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/jobs_list/components/edit_job_flyout/edit_utils.js b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/jobs_list/components/edit_job_flyout/edit_utils.js
index fcd2c09f72767..5030c48a4e367 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/jobs_list/components/edit_job_flyout/edit_utils.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/jobs_list/components/edit_job_flyout/edit_utils.js
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ export function saveJob(job, newJobData, finish) {
       ...extractDescription(job, newJobData),
       ...extractGroups(job, newJobData),
       ...extractMML(job, newJobData),
+      ...extractModelSnapshotRetentionDays(job, newJobData),
+      ...extractDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays(job, newJobData),
       ...extractDetectorDescriptions(job, newJobData),
       ...extractCustomSettings(job, newJobData),
     };
@@ -175,6 +177,22 @@ function extractMML(job, newJobData) {
   return mmlData;
 }
 
+function extractModelSnapshotRetentionDays(job, newJobData) {
+  const modelSnapshotRetentionDays = newJobData.modelSnapshotRetentionDays;
+  if (modelSnapshotRetentionDays !== job.model_snapshot_retention_days) {
+    return { model_snapshot_retention_days: modelSnapshotRetentionDays };
+  }
+  return {};
+}
+
+function extractDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays(job, newJobData) {
+  const dailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays = newJobData.dailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays;
+  if (dailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays !== job.daily_model_snapshot_retention_after_days) {
+    return { daily_model_snapshot_retention_after_days: dailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays };
+  }
+  return {};
+}
+
 function extractDetectorDescriptions(job, newJobData) {
   const detectors = [];
   const descriptions = newJobData.detectorDescriptions.map((d, i) => ({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/jobs_list/components/edit_job_flyout/tabs/job_details.js b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/jobs_list/components/edit_job_flyout/tabs/job_details.js
index 974afafc08b6b..ec5ef6fce26b5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/jobs_list/components/edit_job_flyout/tabs/job_details.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/jobs_list/components/edit_job_flyout/tabs/job_details.js
@@ -7,7 +7,14 @@
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 
-import { EuiFieldText, EuiForm, EuiFormRow, EuiSpacer, EuiComboBox } from '@elastic/eui';
+import {
+  EuiFieldText,
+  EuiForm,
+  EuiFormRow,
+  EuiSpacer,
+  EuiComboBox,
+  EuiFieldNumber,
+} from '@elastic/eui';
 
 import { ml } from '../../../../../services/ml_api_service';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
@@ -24,6 +31,8 @@ export class JobDetails extends Component {
       mml: '',
       mmlValidationError: '',
       groupsValidationError: '',
+      modelSnapshotRetentionDays: 1,
+      dailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays: 1,
     };
 
     this.setJobDetails = props.setJobDetails;
@@ -52,6 +61,8 @@ export class JobDetails extends Component {
       mml: props.jobModelMemoryLimit,
       mmlValidationError: props.jobModelMemoryLimitValidationError,
       groupsValidationError: props.jobGroupsValidationError,
+      modelSnapshotRetentionDays: props.jobModelSnapshotRetentionDays,
+      dailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays: props.jobDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays,
     };
   }
 
@@ -63,6 +74,24 @@ export class JobDetails extends Component {
     this.setJobDetails({ jobModelMemoryLimit: e.target.value });
   };
 
+  onModelSnapshotRetentionDaysChange = (e) => {
+    const jobModelSnapshotRetentionDays = Math.floor(+e.target.value);
+
+    this.setJobDetails({
+      jobModelSnapshotRetentionDays,
+      ...(this.state.dailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays > jobModelSnapshotRetentionDays
+        ? { jobDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays: jobModelSnapshotRetentionDays }
+        : {}),
+    });
+  };
+
+  onDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDaysChange = (e) => {
+    const jobDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays = Math.floor(+e.target.value);
+    if (jobDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays <= this.state.modelSnapshotRetentionDays) {
+      this.setJobDetails({ jobDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays });
+    }
+  };
+
   onGroupsChange = (selectedGroups) => {
     this.setJobDetails({ jobGroups: selectedGroups.map((g) => g.label) });
   };
@@ -104,6 +133,8 @@ export class JobDetails extends Component {
       groups,
       mmlValidationError,
       groupsValidationError,
+      modelSnapshotRetentionDays,
+      dailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays,
     } = this.state;
     const { datafeedRunning } = this.props;
     return (
@@ -172,6 +203,35 @@ export class JobDetails extends Component {
               disabled={datafeedRunning}
             />
           </EuiFormRow>
+          <EuiFormRow
+            label={
+              <FormattedMessage
+                id="xpack.ml.jobsList.editJobFlyout.jobDetails.modelSnapshotRetentionDaysLabel"
+                defaultMessage="Model snapshot retention days"
+              />
+            }
+          >
+            <EuiFieldNumber
+              min={0}
+              value={modelSnapshotRetentionDays}
+              onChange={this.onModelSnapshotRetentionDaysChange}
+            />
+          </EuiFormRow>
+          <EuiFormRow
+            label={
+              <FormattedMessage
+                id="xpack.ml.jobsList.editJobFlyout.jobDetails.dailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDaysLabel"
+                defaultMessage="Daily model snapshot retention after days"
+              />
+            }
+          >
+            <EuiFieldNumber
+              min={0}
+              max={modelSnapshotRetentionDays}
+              value={dailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDays}
+              onChange={this.onDailyModelSnapshotRetentionAfterDaysChange}
+            />
+          </EuiFormRow>
         </EuiForm>
       </React.Fragment>
     );
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/anomaly_detectors_schema.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/anomaly_detectors_schema.ts
index de393e002c55b..3a01a616a4f7c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/anomaly_detectors_schema.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/anomaly_detectors_schema.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export const anomalyDetectionUpdateJobSchema = schema.object({
     })
   ),
   groups: schema.maybe(schema.arrayOf(schema.maybe(schema.string()))),
+  model_snapshot_retention_days: schema.maybe(schema.number()),
 });
 
 export const analysisConfigSchema = schema.object({