How to record your screen in Chrome

Step by step

1. Add Zoomr to Chrome.

   It's free and installs in a few seconds from the Chrome Web Store.

2. Pin the icon.

   Click the puzzle piece in Chrome's toolbar, then the pin next to Zoomr.

3. Open the tab you want to record.

   Any normal website or web app works.

4. Optional: turn on your microphone

   with the 🎙 Mic switch in the Zoomr popup if you want to talk over it.

5. Press Record

   in the popup, or use Ctrl+Shift+E (on a Mac, ⌘+Shift+E). Recording starts after a 3-second countdown.

6. Stop

   with the same shortcut. The recording opens in the built-in editor, where you can trim it, zoom in and export an MP4.

What gets recorded

• The tab: everything you see in the page, at its full resolution.
• The tab's sound: videos, notifications and other audio playing in that tab.
• Your voice (if the mic is on), on a separate track so you can change its volume later.
• Your clicks and cursor, with optional click ripples and sounds.

Other tabs, other windows and your desktop are never recorded, which keeps notifications and private windows out of your video.

Limits to know

• One recording can be up to 10 minutes. Pause with Ctrl+Shift+Y if you need a break; paused time doesn't count.
• Chrome doesn't let extensions record its internal pages (chrome://…), the Chrome Web Store, or other extensions' pages.
• To record desktop apps outside Chrome, use your computer's built-in recorder instead (see Windows and Mac guides).