How to record a Zoom meeting on your computer

Recording a Zoom meeting allows you to save video, audio, and shared content for future reference. Follow these steps to start, pause, stop, and manage recordings.

Steps to start recording:

• Start or join a Zoom meeting as the host.
• In the meeting controls toolbar, click Record.
• If prompted, select Record on this Computer.
• A recording indicator will appear in the top-left corner, letting participants know the meeting is being recorded.
• To see who is recording, click Participants.

Note: Dial-in participants may hear an announcement that the meeting is being recorded.

Steps to pause or stop recording:

• During the meeting, click Pause Recording to stop recording temporarily.
• Click Resume Recording when you're ready to continue.
• To end recording completely, click Stop Recording.

Note: If a participant stops the recording and restarts it, a new video file will be created for the next recording segment. If a participant pauses the recording and starts it again, Zoom will record to the same video file for the recording segment.

Steps to access your recording:

• End the Zoom meeting.
• Zoom will automatically convert the recording.
• Once conversion is complete, the folder containing your recording files will open automatically.

Steps to grant recording permissions to participants

• Click the Participants icon when you are the Zoom meeting host.
• Click More next to the name of the participant you wish to give recording rights to in the participants menu.
• Select "Allow Record."
• A notification regarding recording privileges will be sent to the participant. The participant menu will show a recording icon next to the participant's name while they are recording.
• Click More next to the participant's name, then select Forbid Record to stop them from recording.
• The participant will be informed that they will no longer be able to record.

Steps to change recording settings

• Open the Zoom desktop app.
• Click your profile picture and select Settings.
• Open the Recording tab.
• Adjust recording preferences as needed.

Steps to record separate audio files for each participant:

• Open Settings in the Zoom desktop app.
• Select the Recording tab.
• Enable recording a separate audio file for each participant.

Record and save your meeting:

• After processing, open the recording folder.
• Open the Audio Record folder to find individual audio files for each participant.