Screen Recorder
Record your screen in the browser.
Screen Recorder at a glance
Screen Recorder is a free online pdf tool you can use right now to record your screen in the browser โ no account, no install and no usage limit. It runs entirely inside your browser, so whatever you enter stays on your own device.
- Price
- Free โ no trial, no paid tier, no watermark
- Sign-up
- Not required
- Where it runs
- In your browser โ nothing is uploaded to a server
- Works on
- Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge โ desktop, tablet and phone
- Category
- PDF & File Tools
About Screen Recorder
Record your whole screen, a single window or one browser tab, then download the resulting video. No extension or installation is required.
This uses the browser's built-in screen capture API, so recording happens locally and the video is never uploaded. That matters for the usual reasons people record a screen โ demonstrating a bug in an internal system, walking a colleague through a process, capturing something with customer data visible.
Choosing what to share affects quality. Recording a single tab produces a sharper result at a smaller file size than recording the entire screen, because only that content is captured and nothing else changes between frames. Tab capture also avoids accidentally recording notifications, messages and other windows โ which is the most common cause of having to re-record.
Two practical notes. Audio needs explicit permission and behaves differently per source: system audio can generally be captured from a tab, while capturing it from a whole screen is not supported in every browser. And recordings are held in memory until you download them, so a very long session on a machine with limited memory can fail โ for anything lengthy, record in segments.
How to use Screen Recorder
- Choose whether to record the screen, a window or a single tab.
- Enable audio if you need it, then start recording.
- Stop when finished and download the video file.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to install anything?
No. It uses the browser's built-in screen capture API, so there is no extension or software to install.
Is my recording uploaded?
No. Recording happens locally and the file is saved directly to your device. Nothing is transmitted.
Can I record audio?
Yes, with permission, though behaviour varies by source. System audio can generally be captured when recording a tab; capturing it from a whole screen is not supported in every browser.
Why did my long recording fail?
Recordings are held in memory until downloaded, so a very long session can exhaust available memory. Record in segments for anything lengthy, and prefer tab capture, which produces smaller files.