The ability to record your iPhone's screen is super-useful built-in functionality that Apple introduced with iOS 11. Anyone with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch running this iOS or later can quickly and easily make a recording of what's happening on their device's screen — with or without sound from the microphone — and just as quickly and easily save it to their Camera Roll.
Whether you're recording your iDevice's screen for work, fun, or to demonstrate how to do something to a technically challenged friend or family member, here's the how to on recording your screen for iOS 14, as well as for iOS 13 and earlier.
Setting up screen recording on iOS 13, 12, and 11
As with most iOS adventures, your journey starts in your Settings app. Head there and scroll down to see "Control Center." Tap this to open the sub-menu.
The next screen will show you two lists. The first section includes the tools and shortcuts that are currently included in your Control Center set-up; the second list is made up of tools and shortcuts you have the option to add.
If "Screen Recording" is not currently in your "Include" list, scroll down to find it in the second list and tap on the green plus sign icon to the left of it.
Setting up screen recording on iOS 14
To set up Screen Recording on your device running iOS 14 or later, go to your Settings app and tap on the Control Center section. Then tap on "More Controls." Tap the plus icon add button next to Screen Recording.
Screen Recording on your iDevice
Now that you've ensured the Screen Recording functionality has been added to your iDevice's Control Center, you are good to go with capturing all the action on your screen.
