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How to Record Your Screen on iPhone or iPad

This wikiHow teaches you how to record the screen of your iPhone or iPad using the iOS Screen Recording ability. This feature requires iOS 11 or later. If you don't see the screen recording feature on your phone, you may need to update your iPhone or iPad's operating system.

Method 1
Method 1 of 2:

Using Control Center (iOS 11)

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    On most iPhones, swipe up from the very bottom of the screen to launch the Control Center. On the iPhone X, slide down from the top-right of the display to access Control Center. [1]
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    The screen recording button is the gray icon with two white circles in the center.
    • If you don't see the screen recording icon, you may need to add it in the Settings menu.
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    This toggles between including the microphone audio with the screen recording or not. If the microphone icon is outlined in red, the audio from your iPhone's microphone will be captured in the video recording.
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    A 3-second countdown will begin. The notification bar at the top will turn red to signal the screen recording has started.
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    You can now open and use other apps and the screen is being recorded.
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    When you're ready to stop recording the screen, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open Control Center.
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    The circles in the Screen Recording button will be red now instead of white to indicate a recording is in progress. Tap it to end the recording and a notification will appear that says "Screen Recording video save to Photos.
    • You can tap the notification to open the Photos app and review your video.
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Method 2
Method 2 of 2:

Using QuickTime Player on Your Computer [2]

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    This method only works on Macs.
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    Your iPhone will (temporarily) change the time to 09:41, the battery to 100%, and the cellular reception and WiFi to full bars.
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    Click on the red circle in the middle to start recording.
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    Click on the stop button in the middle to stop.
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    Go to "File > Export" to export the recording.
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    My iPhone doesn't have the screen recording option. What do I do?
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    This feature requires iOS 11 or later. If you don't see the screen recording feature on your phone, you may need to update your iPhone's operating system.
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    It should still work when you update it. If it does not, then other people are experiencing the same problem. A new update should arrive shortly and fix the problem, so keep checking for an update.
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    Go into settings, and on the top left there should be a notification for a software update.
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