How to make a screen recording

Sometimes the support team may ask you to send a screen recording to illustrate an issue or a specific action you performed. In this article, we've put together a guide on how to do this on different devices.

Windows

To make a screen recording, you can use any app you like. Here are some guides that may be useful, depending on your device brand. 

1. How to screen record in Clipchamp

2. Screen Recording With Snipping Tool (for Windows 11) 

If you have Windows 11, the Snipping Tool has a screen recording option that lets you draw a box around just that portion of the desktop you want to capture. This could be a particular window or, if you're making a tutorial about the Start Menu, just the area that the menu takes up. However, if your app's window might move around or take up the full screen, you can just draw a box around the entire desktop.

To screen record with Windows 11's Snipping Tool, follow these steps:

• Launch Snipping Tool. The easiest way to do this is by hitting Windows + Shift + S. This will skip loading the Snipping Tool's main window and take you straight to the part where you can click a button to begin recording.
• Click the video camera icon to enable screen recording mode (if it's not enabled already).
  
• Draw a box around the portion of the screen you wish to capture. If it's the whole screen, draw a box around the entire desktop. If it's a window, draw around that window.
• Mute or unmute the microphone and system sounds by clicking them. If you want to record yourself talking, obviously keep the mic on. 
  
  
• Click the Start recording button.
  
  

• You'll see a countdown and then the Snipping Tool starts screen recording.

• Click Stop to end the recording or Pause to temporarily halt it

  

• Once you have stopped your screen recording, you will see a preview window where you can play back the video you just created. 
• Click the Save button or hit CTRL + S to save your screen recording as an MP4 file. MP4 is the only supported file format.
  

MacOS

You can use Screenshot or QuickTime player to make a video recording of the entire screen or just a selected portion of it. 

Use the Screenshot toolbar

To view the Screenshot toolbar, press these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 5. You will see on-screen controls for recording the entire screen, recording a selected portion of the screen, or capturing a still image of your screen:

Use QuickTime Player

1. Open QuickTime Player from your Applications folder, then choose File > New Screen Recording from the menu bar.

• If you see the on-screen controls described above, follow those steps.
• If you see the Screen Recording window described below, follow those steps.

2. Before starting your recording, you can click the arrow next to the Record button to change the recording settings:

• To record your voice or other audio with the screen recording, choose a microphone. To monitor that audio during recording, adjust the volume slider. If you get audio feedback, lower the volume or use headphones with a microphone.
• To show a black circle around your pointer when you click, choose Show Mouse Clicks in Recording.

3. To start recording, click the Record button and then take one of these actions:

• Click anywhere on the screen to begin recording the entire screen.
• Or drag to select an area to record, then click Start Recording within that area.

4. To stop recording, click the Stop button  in the menu bar, or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).

5. After you stop recording, QuickTime Player automatically opens the recording. You can now play, edit, or share the recording.

Learn more: Apple Support website

Android

There are many free screen recording apps available in the Google Play Store. Choose the one that works best for you. 

Some Android devices have a built-in screen recording feature, depending on the brand and model of your phone.

Make sure your microphone is enabled if you need to record audio.

IOS

How to record your screen

1. Go to Settings > Control Center, then tap the Add button next to Screen Recording.
2. Open Control Center on your iPhone, or on your iPad.
3. Tap the gray Record button , then wait for the three-second countdown.
4. Exit Control Center to record your screen.
5. To stop recording, tap the Screen Recording at the top of your screen, then tap the Stop . Or open Control Center and tap the .

Go to the Photos app and select your screen recording.

Learn more: Apple Support website

Where to find your saved screenshots

Windows

Screen recordings are saved in:
This PC → Videos → Captures by default

How to change the save location:

1. Open Xbox Game Bar, a built-in Windows tool for capturing screenshots and recording videos. Press Windows + G on your keyboard to launch it.
2. Click Settings → Capturing.
3. Under Save location, select a different folder for your recordings.

How to find a recording:

• Open File Explorer and navigate to Videos → Captures.
• Or press Windows + E and search for Captures in the search bar.

Android

On most Android devices, recordings are saved in:
Internal Storage → DCIM → Screen recordings or
Internal Storage → Movies → Screen recordings

How to change the save location (if supported by your device):

Some devices allow you to select a different storage location in screen recording settings.

• Samsung devices:
  1. Go to Settings → Advanced features → Screen recorder.
  2. Check the save location or select SD card storage if available.

• On Google Pixel (Android 11 and later):

1. Open the Files app and navigate to Movies → Screen recordings.
2. Google Pixel does not provide a built-in option to change the save location, but you can manually move recordings to another folder or cloud storage (Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.).

• OnePlus (OxygenOS 10 and later):

1. Open Settings → Utilities → Screen Recorder.
2. Tap Storage location and choose between internal storage and SD card (if supported).

• Xiaomi (MIUI 10 and later):

1. Open the Screen Recorder app.
2. Tap the Settings (gear wheel) icon → Save location.
3. Select the preferred folder or SD card storage.

How to find a recording:

• Open the Gallery or Google Photos app and go to Albums → Screen recordings.
• Or use the File Manager and navigate to Movies or DCIM folders.

MacOS

Screen recordings are automatically saved to the Desktop as .mov files.

How to change the save location:

1. Press Shift + Command + 5 to open the Screenshot toolbar.
2. Click Options and choose where to save recordings (Desktop, Documents, Clipboard, or another folder).

How to find a recording:

• Go to the Desktop and look for a file named Screen Recording [date].mov.
• Open Finder → Recent to quickly locate the most recent recording.

iOS (iPhone & iPad)

Screen recordings are saved in the Photos app.

How to change the save location:

iOS does not allow changing where screen recordings are stored.

How to find a recording:

1. Open the Photos app and go to Albums → Screen Recordings.
2. Use the search bar in the Photos app and type "Screen Recording" to quickly find it

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