Recording
Local Recording | Cloud Recording | Additional Recording Features | FAQs
Zoom offers local and cloud recording options, allowing you to capture and save your meetings or webinars for future viewing, sharing, and documentation.
Local Recording
Local recording is available to all users. Local recording allows participants to record a meeting's video and audio locally to a computer. The recorded files can be uploaded to a file storage service like Dropbox or Google Drive or a streaming service like YuJa, YouTube, or Vimeo.
See the Recording Locally on Your Computer video.
Finding and Viewing Local Recordings
If you are recording your meeting or webinar locally, you can locate the files on your computer, convert them if needed, and view or share them.
See the Managing Computer Recordings help article.
Cloud Recording
Cloud recording is available by request for use in courses. When you record a meeting and choose Record to the Cloud, the video, audio, and chat text are recorded in the Zoom cloud. The recording files can be downloaded to a computer or streamed from a browser.
See the Starting a Cloud Recording help article or view the Recording to the Cloud video for more information.
As a user, you can view, delete, and share your cloud recordings. Admins can manage recordings across all accounts.
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Audio transcription automatically transcribes the audio of a meeting or webinar that you record to the cloud. After this transcript is processed, it appears as a separate VTT file in the list of recorded meetings. In addition, you have the option to display the transcript text within the video itself, similar to a closed caption display.
The transcript is divided into sections, each with a timestamp that shows how far into the recording that portion of the text was recorded. You can edit the text to more accurately capture the words or to add capitalization and punctuation, which are not captured by the transcript.
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You can delete local recordings from your computer or cloud recordings from your Zoom account. Deleted cloud recordings go to Trash, where they are kept for 30 days until they are permanently deleted.
Note: Cloud recordings are automatically deleted at the end of the academic year due to limited storage. Notification will be sent in advance.
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When you click a video recording on the My Recordings page, the playback video launches in a new browser tab, which includes controls for Download and Share. You can also set a playback range for the shared video so that it starts and ends at the times you specify, removing unneeded portions from the beginning and end.
Playback range does not trim your recordings. If the recording is downloaded, it will still be the original length, regardless of the playback range you set.
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Additional Recording Features
Explore additional recording features including notifications, layout options, host-free recording, and on-demand access to ensure flexible and seamless session management
Zoom will always notify meeting participants that a meeting is being recorded. It is not possible to disable this notification. For participants joining by computer or mobile device, the screen will display a recording notification. For participants who joined audio by phone, they will hear an audio prompt when they first join the meeting if it is already being recorded or at the time that recording is started.
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There are several recording layouts for local and cloud recordings, depending on the video layout of your meeting. The recording layout follows the video layout of the participant or host that started the recording. For example, if the host grants permission to a participant to record, and the participant starts a local recording while in active speaker view, the recording layout will be in active speaker view.
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If you are having your participants join the meeting before or without the host, you may want another participant to start a recording.
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Cloud recordings of meetings or webinars can be made on-demand and require viewers to register before receiving access. Recording registration can be customized with custom fields and manual or automatic approval. The link to access the recording will not change, but once the on-demand option is turned on for a recording, it will take viewers to the registration page, instead of directly to the cloud recording.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Have more questions about recording? From storage to sharing, the FAQ has you covered.