Windows 11 · Zoom Workplace on Windows or Mac

Record a Zoom Meeting on Your Computer

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Answer

With permission to record, select Record in the Zoom meeting and choose Record on this Computer or Record to the Cloud when offered. Computer recording works in the desktop app; cloud recording requires an eligible account and setting. After the meeting ends, keep the computer awake while Zoom converts the local recording, then open the saved MP4 and audio before deleting anything.

Before you continue
  • Permission and noticeFollow local law and your organization's recording rules.
  • Choose the destinationComputer and cloud recordings are stored differently.
  • Verify the filesOpen the MP4 and audio after conversion.
Open Zoom's recording guide
Guide steps6 steps
  1. Confirm permission and storage
  2. Start the meeting recording
  3. Check the recording indicator
  4. Pause or stop deliberately
  5. End and allow conversion
  6. Open and verify the result
  7. If it still does not work

Confirm permission and storage

Make sure the host permits recording, participants receive the recording notice, and the computer has enough free space for a local recording.

Start the meeting recording

Select Record in the meeting controls. If Zoom offers a choice, select Record on this Computer for a local file or Record to the Cloud for an eligible cloud account.

Check the recording indicator

Confirm that Zoom shows the recording icon or controls. Do not assume the meeting is being saved merely because the Record button was selected.

Pause or stop deliberately

Use Pause to keep one recording session with a gap, or Stop to end it. Tell participants when recording status changes.

End and allow conversion

End or leave the meeting. For a computer recording, keep Zoom open and the computer awake while it converts the files.

Open and verify the result

Open the recording folder and play the MP4 and audio. Check the duration, picture, and sound before moving or deleting the original files.

If it does not work

  • If Record is missing, ask the host for recording permission and check whether an administrator has disabled recording.
  • Zoom's mobile apps do not create computer recordings; an eligible account may offer cloud recording instead.
  • If conversion does not start or fails, preserve every .zoom file and use Zoom's local-conversion recovery steps.
Sources and verification

Checked against official documentation on . Scope: Zoom Workplace on Windows or Mac.

The written steps follow the current official pages linked below. The saved video is an older walkthrough and may show different labels.

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