Netflix DVD envelope
Netflix is shutting down its DVD-by-mail service after 25 years in operation.
  • Netflix is shutting down its physical DVD rental service on September 29.
  • The company announced that it will allow customers to keep any unreturned discs.
  • Customers can also enter a chance to get up to 10 extra discs with no charge.

Netflix will allow customers to keep its DVDs as the company winds down its physical disc rental operation after 25 years in service.

In the past decade or so, as streaming platforms burst to the forefront of the entertainment industry, physical copies of movies and shows have become increasingly unnecessary to many viewers.