Note
Record a meeting is available for Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, or Premium subscribers with a Teams personal account. Learn more about subscriptions.
Record calls or meetings for later viewings or share with others when using your Teams personal account. Meeting recordings can capture audio, video, and screen sharing activity.
Who can start or stop a recording?
- Any participant with an M365 subscription in a call or meeting can start and stop a recording.
- The organizer doesn't need to attend for a call or meeting recording.
- Participants without an M365 subscription can't start or stop a recording.
- Only the participant who started the recording can delete it.
| Type of User | Can start recording? | Can stop recording? |
|---|---|---|
| Person who started the recording | Yes | Yes |
| Meeting participant with M365 subscription | Yes | Yes |
| Meeting participant without M365 subscription | No | No |
| Meeting participant on a Business or Enterprise plan | No | No |
| Participant without Teams personal account | No | No |
Start recording
- Start or join the meeting.
- To start recording, tap More actions
- Tap Start recording
.
Everyone in the meeting will be notified that recording has started.
Stop recording
- In the meeting controls, select More actions
.
- Tap Stop recording
.
The recording will be processed and then ready to play. It will be saved in chat for 30 days.
Find recordings
Meeting recording will appear in the meeting chat and can be downloaded to your mobile device.
Meeting recording expiration and download
Your recording video will expire 30 days after the recording has been saved. Watching the recording won't affect the expiration date. To retain your recordings for longer, you can use the download feature.
- Find the recording in the meeting chat.
- Select Download
below the recording date and time.
Meeting recording deletion
Note
Only the person who started recording can delete the recording.
To delete a recording:
- Find the recording in the meeting chat.
- Select
on the recording.
- Select Delete
.
Privacy
Important
If one of the participants is a minor, their audio and video will be disabled due to our privacy and compliance policies. Minors cannot have access to recording features in meetings.
All meeting participants will see a notification in their Teams desktop, web, or mobile app as soon as a meeting recording starts.
Depending on your region, you may need everyone's permission before you can record them. For more information, see the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
All participants in the meeting chat will have access to the recording once recording is stopped.
Related topics
Learn more about subscriptions
What can I do during a meeting?
Contact us
For more help, contact support or ask a question in the Microsoft Teams Community.