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5 Ways to Record Online Meetings with/without Permission

Nola Jones
Jul 18, 2025 / Updated by Nola Jones to Record Video

Recording online meetings is a good way to keep important details, review notes, and share with absent collaborators. So you won't miss key details. Many online meeting platforms provide a built-in recorder for hosts and participants with permissions. But there are always these or those restrictions. Whether you are looking for a powerful meeting recorder or quick steps to record videos within meeting platforms, you can continue reading and get useful information.

Is It Legal to Record a Meeting without Consent

If you record meetings for personal use, it is usually fine. You can check the related laws (one-party consent or all-party consent) in your location first. For example, if you join an online meeting in Virginia, you can record meetings without notifying others (for no illegal purposes or violating privacy). However, in California and certain other states, secretly recording a meeting is illegal. Generally speaking, you can inform all participants before the meeting recording to bypass unethical and legal violations.

How to Record Online Meetings as an Attendee

If you are not the meeting host and want to record a meeting without permission, you can use AnyRec Screen Recorder to bypass these limitations. You can record video conferences personally without notifications. Moreover, you can set schedules, edit videos, share them, and save videos to your local drive.

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1.Open AnyRec Screen Recorder. Click the "Video Recorder" button to open the meeting recording software. (If you want to record one program window, click the "Window Recorder" button instead.)

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2.Set the screen capture area in full or custom region. Switch on the toggle button next to the "System Sound" and "Microphone" buttons. You can click the "Settings" button to get audio optimizations. You can change the video format, adjust the video resolution, and make additional output settings.

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3.Click the "REC" button to start recording a video conference. After recording, you can preview and edit the video. At last, save or share this online conference.

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4 Ways to Record Online Meetings as a Host [Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex]

If you are the meeting host or have been granted permission to record this meeting, you can use the built-in recorder. Everyone in this meeting will be notified once the recording starts. So don't record meetings secretly using the built-in tool to avoid awkward situations. Now, let's see how to capture in-person and online meetings.

Record Zoom Meetings with Permission

  • 1.Start or join a Zoom meeting. (If you are a participant, you need to get permission from the host to record.)
  • 2.Click the "More" button with three-dots on the bottom.
  • 3.Click the "Record" button from the list. (If you have a paid subscription, you can choose whether to record to a computer or to the cloud. If not, it will record and save Zoom meetings to your computer locally.)
  • 4.You can click the "Stop" button to end recording.
  • 5.In the popping-up "Recordings" window, click the "Local Recordings" button to find this meeting video.
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Record a Video Meeting on Google Meet

  • 1.Open Google Meet on your computer. Start or join a meeting.
  • 2.Click the "Activities" button at the bottom. Later, click the "Recording" button.
  • 3.You can select a language to record meeting captions.
  • 4.Click the "Start Recording" button. Then confirm by clicking the "Start" button in the pop-up screen.
  • 5.All participants in the meeting receive a notification when you start recording Google Meet. (The maximum recording time limit of a Google Meet session is 8 hours.)
  • 6.If you want to stop recording before the meeting ends, you can click the "Activities", "Recording", and "Stop Recording" buttons. Confirm with the "Stop recording" button. Or you can finish this meeting to stop the recording directly.
  • 7.The meeting organizer and the person who started this meeting will receive an email with the recording link.
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Record a Meeting in Microsoft Teams

  • 1.In the ongoing Microsoft Teams meeting, click the "More actions", "Record and transcribe", and "Start Recording" buttons.
  • 2.The Microsoft Teams recording starts. However, it won't work if you want to capture Microsoft Teams with features such as whiteboards and annotations, shared notes, shared app content, more than 4 people's video streams, etc.
  • 3.If you want to end up recording, click the "More actions", "Record and transcribe", and "Stop recording" buttons.
  • 4.Go to the meeting organizer's OneDrive for Business to get the Teams recording files. The meeting organizer will receive an email and get this recording in the "Chat" section.
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Record a Webex Meeting

  • 1.If you are the host or co-host of this Webex meeting, you can find and click the "Record" button at the bottom.
  • 2."This meeting is being recorded" message will be sent to all participants.
  • 3.You can click the "Stop" button or end the meeting to finish it.
  • 4.Go to the "Recording" session to get this Webex recording video. The meeting host can also get a link.
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Troubleshoot Common Meeting Recording Issues

1.Recording won't start

Verify that you have the necessary permission to record this meeting. In most cases, the meeting organizer have the rights to record or grant permission.

2.No audio recorded

The microphone permissions, device settings, or meeting platform's recording settings can affect your audio recording. You can test the microphone function with other recording tasks to verify that works properly.

3.Recording stops in the mid-meeting

The unstable internet connection, insufficient storage space, and meeting duration limits (which depend on the meeting platform) may cause this problem.

4.The meeting video is corrupted

Use the meeting platform's built-in repair tools to resolve the issue. If it fails, you can repair videos in MP4 and other formats with online and offline tools.

5.The conference video file size is too big

Use an online video compressor to resize video for easy sharing and saving. Or you can convert video to MP4 and other compressed formats.

6.Can't get the video recording

Many meeting platforms send the recording video to the host automatically. If you are not the host or co-organizer of this meeting, you may not access the recording by default.

Conclusion

Now you can record online meetings and webinars as a host or participant. If you don't want to show recording notification, can't get the granted recording permission, or want to record videos longer than 8 hours, you can use AnyRec Screen Recorder. It is your helpful recorder for work, study, collaboration, and entertainment. Click the Free Download button below to have a free trial.

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