How to Record a Zoom Meeting on PC or Mac

This wikiHow teaches you how to record a Zoom meeting using the Zoom desktop client on a Windows or Mac computer. The zoom client easily allows you to start a meeting, record a meeting, and share your computer screen with the other meeting...

Part 1 of 2:

Creating an Account

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Go to https://zoom.us in a web browser. Using your preferred web browser, go to the official Zoom website.
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Click Sign Up, It's Free. It's the blue button in the upper-right corner. If you already have a Zoom account, click "Sign In".
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Type your email address and click Sign Up. You can use any email address, but if you are using Zoom for work meetings, you may want to use your work email.
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Click Sign Up in the popup. By signing up you are agreeing to the terms and conditions. Click the link in the popup to read the terms and conditions. A confirmation email will be sent to your email.
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Check your email. You should have received a confirmation email from Zoom. If you don't see the email in your inbox, check your spam folder or junk mail folder. If you have not received the confirmation email, click "Resend Email" on the webpage.
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Click Activate Account in the email. It's the big blue button in your email. This will take you to another email page where you will finish setting up your account.
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Enter your name and create a password. Type your first and last name in the first two boxes. Create a password in the third and fourth boxes. The password must be at least six characters and contain a combination of letters and numbers. Make sure you type the same password in both boxes. Click "Continue" when you are done.
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Click I'm not a robot. Click the checkbox in the box below the email invite boxes. This box confirms that you are a person.
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Invite users to the meeting (optional). There are three boxes where you can type an email address. Use these boxes to invite others to your meeting. Click "Add another email" if you need to invite more people. Click "Invite" when you are done. If you don't wish to invite anybody at this time, click "Skip this step". This will take you to a webpage where you can start a meeting.
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Click Start Meeting Now. It's the orange box below the URL. Use the URL to invite others to the meeting. This will take you to a page where you can download the Zoom client.
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Click download & run Zoom. It's the link at the bottom of the web browser.
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Click the Zoom launcher file. On PC, it's "Zoom_Launcher.exe" and on Mac, it's "Zoomusinstaller.pkg". By default, your downloaded files will be found in your "Download" folder. This will launch the Zoom client and the meeting.

Part 2 of 2:

Recording a Meeting

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Click the Record button. It's the circular button at the bottom of the Zoom client. You can click the stop or pause icon to stop recording.
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Click Share Screen. It's the green icon with a box and an arrow pointing up at the bottom-center.
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Select the window you want to share. Select "Desktop" to share everything on your computer screen, you can also select a specific app or the whiteboard.
1. You can also share your iPhone or iPad screen, but you need to install an additional plug-in.
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Click Share Screen. It's the blue button at the bottom of the popup. This will share your window or desktop with the participants.
1. Click "Stop Share" at the top of the screen when you are finished sharing your desktop, whiteboard, or desktop application.
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Click End Meeting. It's in the lower-right corner. When the meeting ends, the recording will be converted to an MP4 file. File Explorer will automatically open the folder with the recorded meeting.
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Access your recording. When you're finished with your meeting, you can review your recording by opening the video file in the Documents folder. To access the meeting video on Windows:
1. Open File Explorer
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  . It's in the taskbar at the bottom.
2. Click Documents. It's in the column to the left.
3. Double-click the Zoom folder.
4. Double-click the folder with the date of the meeting.
5. Double-click the "Playback" file. This is the file that contains the recording of the meeting. There is also an audio file of an audio-only recording of the meeting.

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Micah Soto

Update 04 March 2020

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