Recording your iPhone screen can be a helpful way to show off how an app works or to teach someone how to do something with their phone. You might be wondering exactly how to capture your screen. Keep reading, and this article will not only teach you how to screen record on iPhone but how to record screen with sound and how to edit your recordings.
Similar to taking a screenshot of your iPhone, you can actually record a video of everything happening on your screen. Before you start recording your screen, you’ll need to add Screen Recording to your Control Center. To do that:
After you’ve added the Screen Recording button Control Center, you can record from any screen. To start recording your screen:
Note: If you’re on an iPhone 8 or older, swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen.
When you want to finish recording your screen, there are two ways to stop it. You can stop recording by:
Or you can:
If you’ve followed the instructions above, the first thing you’ll probably notice about your screen recording is that it doesn’t have any sound. Fortunately, you can turn the microphone on so you can record your screen with audio. Assuming you’ve already added the Screen Recording button to Control Center, you can record with sound by following these steps:
There is no known time limit for screen recording. It appears that you’re able to record your screen until you use all of your storage. That said, some people online have reported issues with their screen recordings just randomly stopping while taking longer videos.
After you stop capturing your screen, you’ll notice that your recordings are stored in the Photos app. This means you can use all of the built-in iOS video editing features to help make your screen-records that much better.
There’s a good chance that your recordings will have some extra content at either the beginning or the end of the video. You probably don’t want to include that shot of Control Center going away or the part where you’re trying to turn off the screen recording. Thankfully, you can trim those parts out directly in the Photos app.
If you’re watching your screen record and want to focus on only a certain section of the screen, you can crop your videos just like cropping your pictures. To crop your screen capture videos:
Maybe you’re hoping to add a little more to your recordings like captions or stickers. For that, you’ll need to use a third-party screen recorder app like Screen Recorder+. Once you download it from the App Store, follow the steps below to get started:
Even though Apple has done a great job at making screen recordings simple, that doesn’t mean you won’t have an issue from time to time. Below are some of the common problems people run into when trying to record their iPhone screens and what will fix them quickly.
Here are a couple of common issues you might experience when recording your iPhone screen and what you can do to fix it.
If you’re watching a screen recording but can’t hear any of the sound you recorded with it, here are some things you can try to fix it:
Sometimes it’s easier to explain things with a video. So whether you’re trying to create an app demo or an iPhone tutorial, it’s never been easier to record your iPhone’s screen. And thanks to iPhone’s built-in iOS features, you can edit your videos directly in the Photos app.