How to Record Your Screen on an iPhone

The default screen capture records what the device and app allow. Pressing and holding the control exposes the Microphone choice for spoken narration. Use narration when it explains a gesture or result that is not obvious on screen; leave it off when room audio and conversation would add risk without helping the viewer.

Run a five-second test with the same app and microphone choice. Play it from Photos with the volume up. Some apps may prevent audio or video capture, and Apple says screen recording cannot run at the same time as screen mirroring. Respect the app's restriction instead of trying to work around protected content.

Turn on Focus or otherwise silence notifications, close private apps in the app switcher, and place the target app on its starting screen. The three-second countdown gives you a moment to leave Control Center, but it does not hide banners or information that appears after recording begins.

Use sample names and accounts when possible. Check status-bar details, messages, email previews, health information, payment screens, one-time codes, and photo thumbnails. A small phone screen can make those details easy to miss during the take and obvious when the video is replayed full size.

Apple saves the recording to the Photos library. Open it there and watch from the first frame to the last. The Control Center exit and the stop action often leave disposable seconds around the real walkthrough, so remove them while preserving the first necessary state and the completed result.

You can then choose the saved video from Save Replay in a supported mobile browser, preview the local source, and select a more exact range before upload. The browser prepares the chosen clip when it can safely decode the source; keep the original in Photos until the shared page is ready and checked.