Control Center → Record

Record the Screen on iPhone

iPhone · Screenshots & Recording
ActionRecord the Screen
ShortcutControl Center → Record
PlatformiPhone
CategoryScreenshots & Recording

About this shortcut

On iPhone, you can record the screen with Control Center → Record. Add Screen Recording to Control Center, then tap the record button. It sits in the Screenshots & Recording group and is one of the iPhone shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard iPhone conventions.

How to use it

1

Get ready

Open the app or screen where you want to record the screen.

2

Press the keys

Press Control Center → Record.

3

Done

Add Screen Recording to Control Center, then tap the record button.

More Screenshots & Recording shortcuts

Take a Screenshot
Side button+Volume Up
or  Touch ID: Home+Side button
Full-Page Screenshot
Screenshot → Full Page
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Tap the screenshot thumbnail