How to Record a Webinar on Windows 10 and 11 With Sound

To record a webinar on Windows 10 or 11, open Xbox Game Bar, set its audio to All and press Windows key + Alt + R; on Windows 11, Snipping Tool's Record option also works. Both save a video. For the sound plus a transcript and summary, with no bot, use Reline's Windows app (audio, not video).

Two things usually go wrong: the recording comes back without the presenter's voice, or the webinar gives attendees no Record button at all. The steps below work on any Windows 10 or 11 desktop or laptop, for Zoom Webinars, Teams webinars, Webex Webinars, GoTo Webinar or a webinar that plays in your browser.

Webinar platforms keep recording for the people running the event, not for the audience. Here is what each vendor's own help pages say:

So as an attendee, two easy routes come first: ask the organizer whether a replay will be sent (in Teams, a published webinar recording reaches registered attendees by email and expires after 30 days by default), or ask to be made a panelist or presenter with recording allowed. When neither works, record on your own PC with one of the options below.

Game Bar is built into Windows 10 and 11 and records the app in front as an MP4 video. Whether you get the presenter's sound depends on the audio choice under Capturing.

1. Press Windows key + G to open Game Bar, open Settings, go to Capturing and set the audio to All, so all computer sounds are recorded, not only the game.
2. Click into the webinar window (the Zoom, Teams, Webex or GoTo app, or your browser) so it is the app in front.
3. Press Windows key + Alt + R to start recording. Windows key + Alt + M switches your microphone on or off during the recording.
4. Press Windows key + Alt + R again to stop. Microsoft saves the MP4 in the Captures folder inside your Videos folder.

On Windows 11, open Snipping Tool, select Record, then New, drag over the webinar window and select Start; select Stop when it ends. Microsoft added optional PC audio and microphone recording to Snipping Tool in version 11.2307.44.0, so update the app from the Microsoft Store and check that both audio options are on before you start, or the video has no presenter sound. Microsoft documents video snips for Windows 11 only, so on Windows 10 use Game Bar.

If you want notes rather than a video, record your PC instead of the webinar. Reline's Windows desktop app records your microphone and the system audio (the presenters) locally, then gives you a live transcript, an AI summary and the kept audio. Nothing joins the webinar and the attendee list does not change, so it works as an attendee on any platform that plays sound on your PC, browser-only webinars included.

1. Download the Reline Windows app and sign in. You can start on the Free plan.
2. Allow the microphone: in Windows 11, open Settings, Privacy & security, Microphone, and turn on "Let desktop apps access your microphone".
3. Plug in a headset and make it the Windows default output (see the tip below).
4. Press Record in Reline a minute before the webinar starts, then join it in the Zoom, Teams, Webex or GoTo app or in your browser.
5. Watch the transcript stream in as the presenters talk, in 60+ languages with automatic language detection. Stop when the webinar ends: you get the transcript, an AI summary next to it and the kept audio, with a play button on every transcript line.

Speakers: your microphone is Me and everything your PC plays is Other, so every presenter starts as Other. When several people present, open Who is on the other side beside the record button and choose Separate speakers (beta): Reline numbers each voice on the call side. The numbers are an estimate, and Reline does not read names from the webinar, so you click a voice and name it yourself.

You can run both at once: Game Bar or Snipping Tool keeps the slides, Reline keeps the sound and a transcript you can search, and you can press play on any transcript line to hear that moment again.

• No video: Reline keeps audio and a transcript, not a screen recording. For the slides, use Game Bar, Snipping Tool or the platform's own recording.
• It records the whole default output, not one window, so other sounds on your PC are captured too.
• No speaker names from the webinar: presenters stay Other until you name the voices that Separate speakers (beta) numbers.
• No on-device AI: transcription, summaries and storage run in the cloud. Only the capture is local.
• You press Record yourself, and there is no mobile app: Reline has desktop apps for Windows, Mac and Linux (beta) and a web app.

On a Mac instead? The Mac guide covers the macOS sound settings. On Linux, the same capture works in Reline for Linux (beta).

Game Bar, Snipping Tool and Reline put no notice in the webinar and add no attendee, so the notice is on you. Several US states, California among them, require every party to agree before a call is recorded, and in the EU you need a lawful basis under the GDPR and should say why you record. Rules differ by country and state, so check the rules where everyone on the call is. Some webinars also forbid recording in their terms: if you are unsure, ask the organizer, and say that you are recording if you speak or ask questions.

Start on the Free plan to record your first webinars. Professional is $15 per month ($140 per year) and Enterprise is $32 per month ($26 per month on annual).