How to screen record on Apple iPhone 6

How to record the screen on an Apple iPhone 6

Recording your Apple iPhone 6 screen can be very useful for creating tutorials, showing step-by-step instructions for performing a task, or saving any activity on the device as a video. This file can be easily shared via iMessage, uploaded to YouTube, TikTok, or posted on social media.

Apple iPhone 6 devices running iOS 8| upgradable to iOS 10.3.2 have a built-in feature for recording the screen with audio, either internal system sound (music, videos, etc.) or captured with the microphone.

What is the purpose of recording the screen on a Apple iPhone 6?

This tool can be used in many situations:

Creating explanatory videos or tutorials.
Recording a video call (FaceTime) with a family member as a keepsake.
Saving an Instagram story or TikTok video for later viewing.
Capturing a phone or chat conversation as evidence (in legal or personal contexts).
Documenting system errors or reporting a technical issue to support.

In your Apple iPhone 6 you can store the screen recordings in video thanks to its internal 16/32/64/128 GB memory. Please note that recordings can take up a lot of space, if you don't have enough storage space the recording will stop.

Table of Contents:

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

First of all, you need to ensure that screen recording is activated on your iPhone 6. If it is already enabled, you can proceed to step 5. To check, you can go to the "Settings" app, which is represented by a gear icon that appears on the home screen of your Apple iPhone 6.

2- Second step:

Go down through the menu on the left until you find the “Control Centre” section and click on it and then on “Customize controls”.

3- Third step:

If you already have the screen recording control activated, it will appear in the first list that you see on your iPhone 6 within the “INCLUDE” section, you can change the order in which it appears by clicking on the three horizontal lines to the right of the control and dragging up or down. You can also remove the control by clicking on the red button on the left.

4- Fourth step:

If that activated control does not appear, go down and in the “MORE CONTROLS” section it will appear, click on the green + button to add it. Once this step is done you can exit the settings of the Apple iPhone 6.

5- Fifth step:

(iPhone 7 and lower and iPad with iOS 11 or earlier) From the screen where you want to start the video, swipe from the bottom up. (iPhone X, iPad with iOS 12 or iPadOS) From the screen where you want to start the video, swipe from the upper right corner down.

6- Sixth step:

If you want to record a video in your Apple iPhone 6 without using the microphone, press the recording icon, a 3-second countdown will begin and then the recording will begin, you will see a red line at the top of the screen and the word “Recording” which indicates that everything that happens on the screen is being recorded.

If you want to record a video using the microphone in addition to the sound of the iPhone 6 itself, (this is useful for example to explain the operation of an app to an acquaintance or to record a message while recording the video from Apple iPhone 6 screen) press and hold the button press on the microphone to activate or deactivate it and press on “Start recording” a 3-second countdown will begin and then the recording will begin.

7- Seventh step:

To stop recording you can open the Control Centre (Point 5 of this tutorial) and press the stop recording button or click on the red line in the status bar at the top of the screen and press “Stop”.

8- Eighth step:

A message will appear at the top of your Apple iPhone 6 screen stating that the screen recording video has been saved to “Photos” (formerly known as the Camera Roll).

To see and share your video recording of the screen of your Apple iPhone 6 go to the Photos application where you will find it in the last position.