How to Record Google Meet Without G Suite Enterprise

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Last Updated: 2024. 01. 08

Summary

Want to record a Google Meet without Premium? Then you've come to the right place. Here, you will find the simplest solution to record Google Meet meetings for free. Let’s take a look.

Google Meet is a video communication service that is ideal for all backgrounds of people including students, colleagues and individuals to stay connected. As you engage with the platform, the need to record meetings on Google Meet may arise, whether it's for sharing important work discussions with absent colleagues or preserving conference content for note-taking or transcription purposes at a later time.

Today, we'll take you through two ways to record Google Meet: within the Google Meet software and using a third-party application to record for free. Let's dive in right now!

Requirements to Record a Meeting on Google Meet

How to Record Google Meet Without G Suite Enterprise

Bonus: How to Edit Google Meet Recordings

Requirements to Record a Meeting on Google Meet

The access to record on Google Meet is not available for everyone. If you're going to record a meeting, there are two requirements you need to meet.

Firstly, your team need to be registered with the following Google Workspace editions:

Essentials

Enterprise Essentials, Plus, Standard and Starter

Google One subscribers with 2 TB or more storage space

Teaching and Learning Upgrade licensed users

Workspace Individual Subscriber

Secondly, you need to be the host, co-host or be assigned the right by the administration to record a Google Meet.

How to Record Google Meet on Computer

Before recording, make sure that you are recording to the cloud. If you are recording locally, there is no "Record Meeting" button.

Step 1

Open the Google Meet app and start or join a meeting.

Step 2

Click on the Activities icon to find the meeting recording feature.

Step 3

Press Start recording > Start to launch the recording. All the participates will be notified when recording starts. The native speaker, on-screen things shared by the native speaker and chats during the meeting will be recorded and the maximum recording duration is 8 hours.

Step 4

Go back to the Recording tab and click Stop recording at any time to end your video recording.

The recording will be automatically saved to the organizer's meeting organizer’s Google Drive inside the Meet Recordings Folder.

Additionally, an email with the recording link will be automatically sent to the meeting organizer and the person who started the recording.

How to Record Google Meet for Free

Want to record Google Meet for free? Or looking for ways to start a recording without any limitation?

All you need is a third-party screen recorder - FlexClip Screen Recorder.

Image Board: FlexClip Screen Recorder

What Makes it Stand out from Other Screen Recorders:

100% free and easy to use

Works online

Records meetings in MP4 format

Built-in video editor (free & powerful)

No watermarks

No registration needed

No need to download any launcher

Security guaranteed

How to Record a Google Meet with FlexClip Screen Recorder

Step 1

Click the Record Now button below to open the screen recording tool.

Record Now

Edit Recording

Step 2

Choose System Audio and click the red recording button.

Image Board: How to Record Google Meet with FlexClip Screen Recorder - Set Audio

Step 3

Share your Chrome Tab and audio to start your recording.

Image Board: How to Record Google Meet with FlexClip Screen Recorder - Share Screen

Step 4

To end your recording, click the blue Stop recording button in the upper left corner of your meeting page.

Image Board: How to Record Google Meet with FlexClip Screen Recorder - Stop Recording

Step 5

Go back to FlexClip Screen Recorder to download or edit your recording.

Image Board: How to Record Google Meet with FlexClip Screen Recorder - Download

Bonus: How to Edit Google Meet Recordings with FlexClip

Step 1

Import. Click the Edit Screencast Now button, and your recording will be automatically added to FlexClip Video Editor.

Image Board: How to Edit Google Meet Recording - Import

Step 2

Trim. Click the scissor icon and drag and drop the yellow handle to trim your recording.

Image Board: How to Edit Google Meet Recording - Trim

Step 3

Improve Your Content. Make annotations with text, shapes, lines, arrows, bubbles, and more, speed up or slow down video, apply filters, add watermarks, etc. Additionally, FlexClip allows you to get a transcription from Google Meeting recording automatically, extract audio from video calls or combine multiple related recordings to create a new collection for free.

Image Board: How to Edit Google Meet Recording - Improve Video Content

Step 4

Export. Preview your video and export it in your desired resolution (480p, 720p, or 1080p).

Image Board: How to Edit Google Meet Recording - Export

The Bottom Line

That’s all for how to record a Google Meet without G Suite Enterprise. Now it's time to try it for yourself.

In fact, there are a number of screen recording software and Chrome screen recorders that can help you record Google meetings on your PC or Mac without limit. Although different screen recording tools have their own advantages and disadvantages, FlexClip is a good choice in terms of feature, price, and ease of use.

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Full of vitality, curiosity and hope, Bella is an energetic copywriter at FlexClip. She mainly concentrates on video creation and troublesome issues related to video editing, providing users with practical solutions and tricks. Personally, Bella loves novels, sci-fi movies, cooking and travel. And, she believes that all her life is the best arrangement from God.