Screen recording takes storage space but not showing in gallery

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Screen recording takes storage space but not showing in gallery

I was screen recording a webinar in which I was a contributor. I have permission to do recording and all the setting in my iPad should work fine. This was also not my first time in doing the recording. However, I got an issue where the screen recording is not showing in my gallery. The webinar was two hours long and I was attempting to screen record the whole thing.

The thing is, I checked my iPad storage, and there seems to be storage taken for that recording. Initially I had around 100 gb and now I am left with around 70 gb. Previously I managed to save a similar-sized screen recording.

Is there any way to extract this "invisible" screen recording? I know it is somewhere inside my iPad, I just don't know how to get the file.

iPad, iPadOS 14

Posted on Dec 4, 2020 9:52 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 11, 2020 12:39 AM in response to mingoslkd

Hi Mingoslkd,

thank you for your response. I did exactly that, I restarted my iPad. After the restart, the storage came back to around 100gb, which can only mean that the recording now has lost/erased. Guess it is not my lucky day then.

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Answer 2

mingoslkd

Community Specialist

Dec 10, 2020 1:27 PM in response to skeletonwings

Hello skeletonwings,

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities! We see you're not finding a screen recording which was recently made on your iPad, and we'd like to do what we can to help.

Have you restarted your iPad since not being able to locate the recording? If not, go ahead and do that, as a restart can resolve unexpected issues.

Restart your iPad

This article in the iPad User Guide shows that the screen recording should be saved to the Photos app.

Take a screenshot or screen recording on iPad

This article may also help: If you're missing photos or videos in the Photos app

If you use iCloud Photos, check at the iCloud website > Photos to see if it's located there.

We wish you the best!

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Answer 3

mingoslkd

Community Specialist

Dec 11, 2020 7:32 AM in response to skeletonwings

Hey skeletonwings,

Thanks for the reply.

Bummer about you not finding that screen recording. Still take a look at the Recently Deleted album in Photos, just in case.

We're not sure if this is related, but this article does mention that "Some apps might not allow you to record audio. You can't record your screen and use screen mirroring at the same time."

How to record the screen on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Take care!

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