How to: Record a video of the screen on your iPhone


Instructions

  1. Customize your Control Center to add the Screen Recording button.

    iPhone Control Center showing Screen Recording option highlighted.

  2. Open Control Center.

  3. Tap the Screen Recording icon to initiate a 3 second countdown before the recording starts.

    iPhone Control Center showing Screen Recording button highlighted.

  4. Open any app on your iPhone or execute any typical steps. The screen recording captures all action on the screen.

    NOTE: The recording will continue even if you are no longer displaying the Control Center.

  5. When you would like to stop recording, tap the red status button at the top of your screen.

    iPhone screen showing a red recording indicator at the top.

  6. To confirm that you wish to stop recording, tap the stop button.

    iPhone screen showing Screen Recording in progress with the stop button highlighted.

    TIP: You can also return to Control Center to stop the recording by tapping the Screen Recording button again.

    iPhone Control Center showing Screen Recording button active.

Outcome

The recording of your device's screen is added to the Photos app.

You will also receive a notification.

iPhone screen showing a message that the recording was saved to Photos.