Additional features, settings, or issues not covered by specific Microsoft Teams Free categories
If this is Teams personal with a Microsoft 365 Personal subscription, the recording is typically in the meeting chat after the recording stops.
Try this:
- Open Teams.
- Go to the meeting chat for the meeting you recorded.
- Look for the recording there.
- If found, use Download under the recording date and time if a local copy is needed.
Key details for Teams personal:
- Recordings are available in the meeting chat after the recording stops.
- The recording is saved in the cloud.
- It remains available for 30 days unless downloaded.
- Searching File Explorer may show nothing if the recording was never downloaded to the device.
If the recording is still missing:
- Check whether everyone saw the message that recording started. If there was no start message, the recording most likely did not start and can’t be recovered.
- If a confirmation dialog appeared when starting the recording, the recording only starts after Confirm is selected.
- If the recording started but is not in OneDrive, check whether it was deleted, moved, or expired, including the recycle bin and second-stage recycle bin.
- If a recording item appears in chat but failed to upload, it may be in temporary storage for 21 days, where it can be retried to OneDrive or downloaded locally.
- If the temporary-storage recording was permanently deleted, it can’t be recovered.
For other Teams meeting types:
- Non-channel meetings are stored in the organizer’s OneDrive in the Recordings folder.
- Channel meetings are stored in the channel’s SharePoint site, on the Files tab.
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