Google Meet- Record a Video Meeting

Hi All🙋,

Here is a quick tip to help you to record a Meeting on Google Meet.

On your computer, in Google Meet, click Start or Join.

1. At the bottom right, click Activities > Recording.

   • To record the meeting captions, select a language.

   • In some cases, if the recording is played on Google Drive, the recording file might be ready a few hours before the captions are available.

2. Click Start recording.

3. In the pop-up screen, click Start.

4. Wait for the recording to start. Participants get a notification when the recording starts or stops.

   • Meetings can only be recorded for a total of 8 hours, then the recording stops automatically.

5. To stop a recording, click Activities  > Recording > Stop Recording.

6. In the pop-up screen, click Stop recording.

   • Tip: The recording stops automatically when everyone leaves the meeting.

   • Tip: Record a meeting is only available on a computer.

An email with the recording link is sent to the meeting organizer and the person who started the recording. 

The recording is saved to the meeting organizer’s My Drive > Meet Recordings folder.

For meetings created through:

• Google Calendar: The meeting organizer is the person who creates the meeting event on Google Calendar.

• The Meet homepage or another product such as Gmail  The meeting organizer is the person who launches the meeting or generates the code.