Record a Call

Call recording assists in tracking specific details of a conversation. Recall a talking point, or leverage the recording as a record of what was discussed during a meeting.

With Dialpad, you can record phone calls with a single click!

Let's dive into the details.

Enable during an active call 

To record a call, you or your admin must have enabled call recording for your office. 

When you’re on a call, simply select Record.

That's it, it's really that easy!

To stop recording, click the “Record” button again

After you hang up, the recording will automatically be saved to your account for future playback. You can also automatically record all calls by turning on auto-recording in your settings.

Listen to a call recording

Access call recordings from your inbox

Access your call recordings right from your Dialpad app.

1. Select Inbox
2. Select the Recordings tab
3. Press the Play button 

Access call recordings from call history

Access your call recordings from Call History.

1. Select My Calls
2. Press Play beside the desired call

Download a call recording

Call recordings can be downloaded from your Dialpad inbox, and from your call history.  

Download call recording from Dialpad inbox

1. Select the Recordings tab
2. Select the Options menu (the down arrow) beside the call you want to download
3. Select Download

Dialpad will launch your web browser to download the MP3 file. 

Download recording from call history

To download a call recording, head to your Call History.

1. Select All Calls or My Calls 
2. Find the desired call
3. Select Options (the 3 vertical dots) 
4. Select Download

Delete a call recording

To delete a call recording, navigate to your inbox

1. Select the Recordings tab
2. Find the call recording you'd like to delete
3. Select the Options menu (that's the down arrow)
4. Select Delete 
5. Confirm deletion 

Cloud backup

Save your recordings on the Cloud! Before you can save recordings to the cloud, you'll need to connect your Google Drive. 

1. Open a conversation in the Dialpad app
2. Click the contact name to open the right-hand sidebar
3. Select Documents
4. Select Connect Google
5. Choose your Google Workspace Account
6. Select Allow 

Once your Google Drive is connected, head to Your Settings from Dialpad.com 

1. Select Show Advanced options
2. Navigate to Cloud Backup
3. Select Save Recordings to Google Drive