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Recordings, retention & admin control — found from sitemap — Zoom
Checked for Zoom on 1 Oct 2026
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- https://developers.zoom.us/docs/build/cloud-recording/
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- 1 Oct 2026, 12:27 UTC
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Recording view options Report an error
“Record active speaker with shared screen Record gallery view with shared screen Record active speaker, gallery view, and shared screen separately (MP4 format):”
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Audio file options Report an error
“Record audio-only files (M4A format): One audio file for all participants Separate audio file for each participant”
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Per user video recording Report an error
“You can also record a separate video file for each user in the Video SDK session. Contact Developer Support to enable this for your account.”
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Recording retention setting Report an error
“Delete cloud recordings after a specified number of days - toggle on, enter the number of days, and click Save.”
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Automatic recording Report an error
“Automatic recording - toggle on to record sessions automatically as they start. Records to the cloud.”
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Transcript summary jwt option Report an error
“0 (default) - Neither transcript nor summary 1 - Transcript only 2 - Transcript and summary”
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Credit plan required Report an error
“Subscribe to the Zoom Build Platform credit plan for access. See the Zoom Developer pricing page for details.”
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AI summary separate charge Report an error
“To receive the AI summary, enable both cloud recording (in the SDK) and session transcript (cloud_recording_transcript_option JWT field set to 2). Each feature incurs a separate charge.”
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Recording start API Report an error
“After joining a session, call startCloudRecording to start recording. This will also start the transcript and AI summary autogeneration if you enabled it in the JWT.”
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Recording webhooks Report an error
“Subscribe to the Video SDK session.recording_transcript_completed webhook to be notified when the transcript is completed, and session.recording_summary_completed to be notified when the summary is completed.”
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Webhook availability limitation Report an error
“Note: These webhooks are available to Zoom Build Platform universal credit accounts.”
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Recordings endpoint Report an error
“GET /videosdk/sessions/{sessionId}/recordings”
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Transcript file format Report an error
“TRANSCRIPT - a VTT file containing the time-coded session transcript.”
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Summary file format Report an error
“SUMMARY - a JSON file containing the AI-generated summary of the session.”
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Transcript language support Report an error
“The Build platform supports the same languages as the Zoom Workplace platform. See Using audio transcription for cloud recordings”
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Advanced recording settings Report an error
“Add a timestamp to the recording Display participants' names in the recording Record thumbnails when sharing Optimize the recording for 3rd party video editor”
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Recording file option billing Report an error
“You can select more than one, but that may incur additional billing charges.”
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Byos recordings metadata only Report an error
“If you use Bring Your Own Storage (BYOS), the Recordings page shows only the metadata Zoom holds, not the files in your S3 bucket. Use the cloud recording APIs to manage BYOS recordings.”
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Participant video files API property Report an error
“You can get download URLs for individual files from the participant_video_files property of the List recordings of an account API.”
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Participant recording sdk jwt flag Report an error
“Set cloud_recording_option to 1 in the SDK JWT payload.”
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Chat recording option Report an error
“Save chat messages from the session”
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Participant request recording option Report an error
“Participants can request host to start cloud recording Participants can start cloud recording when host is not in the meeting”
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Recording recordings page Report an error
“Click Recordings to see a list of saved recordings.”
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API terms of use Report an error
“Terms · Privacy Policy · API Terms of Use · Marketplace Developer Agreement”
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