How do i record something on my iphone

If you want to capture video of your iPhone or iPad screen, you don't even need to download an app to complete the task. The ability to record activity on your screen is built right in to iOS and iPadOS through a feature called Screen Recording.

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Customize Control Center
Capture Video
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Taking Screenshots
View Recordings and Screenshots
How to record audio on iPhone with the Voice Memos app
How to edit and export an audio file on Voice Memos
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With this tool, you can start a recording of your screen and then snap individual screenshots of the video. This makes capturing your iPhone or iPad screen activity much easier than going through a third-party app. Here's how to set up and use the built-in Screen Recording tool.

Customize Control Center

Before you can use the Screen Recording feature, you must first add it to Control Panel. On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Control Center and make sure the option Access Within Apps is turned on. Under the More Controls section, tap Screen Recording to add it to the Included Controls section, which appear in Control Center.

Capture Video

Now move to the screen you want recorded. Swipe to open the Control Center and tap the circular Screen Recording button. You will then see a countdown, after which the recording will begin.

Do you also want to record audio? Maybe you're narrating what you see as the iPhone or iPad records the screen. Long-press the record button on Control Center, and tap the Microphone button that appears to turn sound on or off for your video.

By default, recordings are saved to your Photos library, but you can choose a different destination from the list provided when you long-press the record button. Tap Start Recording from this window to start the countdown. A red icon with a timer will appear at the top of your screen.

When you're done with your video, there's no need to return to the Control Center. Tap the red icon at the top of the screen and tap Stop when asked if you want to stop the screen recording. A notification will appear to say the recorded video was saved to the device.

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Taking Screenshots

You can also use the Screen Recording tool to take screenshots of any activity already recorded. This trick can come in handy if you're having trouble taking screenshots of a specific activity. After recording your video, play back the footage you recorded and pause at the right moment.

Take a screenshot on your device by pressing the appropriate keys to take a static screenshot (Side button + Volume Up button on an iPhone or iPad Pro without a Home button; On/Off button + Home button on devices with a Home button).

View Recordings and Screenshots

Your recordings and screen grabs will be saved to your Photos library by default. From the app, you can tap a recording and tap Play to view it. From here, you can also scrub through the video, mute the sound, share it, or delete it.

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You can record audio on your iPhone using its built-in Voice Memos app.
Using Voice Memos, you can also edit and share the recordings you've made.
Third-party apps from the App Store can provide more advanced recording and editing features.

Sometimes you need to record a thought quickly or, perhaps, you're interviewing someone and only have your iPhone on hand.

In either case, the iPhone has a great built-in app for this: Voice Memos.

Using the Voice Memos app, you can not only record voice notes, as the name suggests, but also edit and share them with whomever you'd like.

If you are concerned that the Voice Memos app is too low quality or unprofessional, think again. Taylor Swift, Adele, and Mick Jagger have used the Voice Memos app on their iPhones to share song ideas or demo recordings with their collaborators. Sometimes these snippets even make it into finished songs.

Here's how to record and edit using the Voice Memos app on an iPhone.

How to record audio on iPhone with the Voice Memos app

1. Locate the Voice Memos app, which may be in your phone's Extras or Utilities folder; it says "Voice Memos" under it and has an image of an audio graph.

Tap the "Voice Memos" app. Steven John/Insider

2. Launch the app, and note the large red circle at the bottom. When you tap that, a new recording will start.

Tap the red circle to begin a new recording. Kyle Wilson/Insider

3. To stop recording, tap the red square at the bottom of the screen.

Tap the red square to stop your recording. Kyle Wilson/Insider

And as far as the basics go, that's it — that's how you record audio on your phone. But there are a few other things to explore within the Voice Memos app.

How to edit and export an audio file on Voice Memos

To rename a recording, tap the word "New Recording 1" (assuming this is your first) and type in a name.

To add more to your recording after you stopped it, tap the three blue dots beside it, then hit Edit Recording. Scroll to the end of the timeline, hit Resume to recommence the recording. Just be sure you scrolled to the end, or you will be replacing audio rather than adding more to the end.

Tap the crop button to trim the recording. Kyle Wilson/Insider

To share an audio recording, exporting it to apps or sending it to others, again tap the three blue dots beside a recording and click Share to open sharing options.

Choose an editing option or export your audio file with "Share...". Kyle Wilson/Insider

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Where is the voice recorder on my iPhone?

With the Voice Memos app (located in the Utilities folder), you can use iPhone as a portable recording device to record personal notes, classroom lectures, musical ideas, and more. You can fine-tune your recordings with editing tools like trim, replace, and resume.