How to Use Voice Memos on iPhone: A Complete Guide

Quick Tips

• You can record audio, trim the audio, or delete unwanted parts on the Voice Memos app.
• Additionally, you can also replace parts of an audio recording using the Replace feature.
• The Voice Memos app also has features like Skip Silence, Increase Speed, and Enhance Recording to improve the quality.

How to Record an Audio on iPhone

Step 1: Click on the red button at the bottom to record the audio.

Step 2: To pause the recording, touch the black line at the bottom and drag it up. Then, hit the pause button to stop the recording temporarily.

Step 3: To resume recording, tap on Resume. Once you’re done recording, click on the stop button.

How to Play or Rename a Voice Memo

Under All Recordings, tap on any recording and press the play button. To skip forward or back, tap on the circular icon on either side of the play/pause option.

To rename the audio, tap and hold on the existing audio’s name. This will make the name editable. Now, rename the recording.

How to Trim or Delete Parts of the Recorded Audio

Trimming the audio is a great way to remove unwanted parts from a recording.

Step 1: Tap the three dots icon next to the audio you want to edit and select edit recording.

Step 2: Now, tap on the crop icon and use the yellow-colored slider to select the part you want to edit.

Step 3: If you want the selected audio part to be saved, tap on Trim. Alternatively, tap on Delete to remove the selected part.

How to Replace Parts of the Recorded Audio

Here’s how to replace a portion of an audio. Practice the same with a test audio clip, as the changes are irreversible.

Step 1: Tap the three dots icon next to the audio you want to edit, and select edit recording.

Step 2: Play the audio until the part that needs to be replaced begins, and tap on Replace.

Step 3: You can now record the audio for the replacement and hit the pause button once it is added.

How to Edit the Audio Quality on iPhone

Next, you have the tools to edit the audio quality. These can help you compress or improve the sound quality.

Step 1: Go to the Settings app and tap on Voice Memos. Tap on Audio Quality.

Step 2: You have two options – Lossless and Compressed.

• Select Compressed to ensure your audio recording stays minimal in size.
• On the other hand, you can select Lossless for top-notch recording quality. However, this would increase the file size.

Use Enhanced Playback Options on iPhone

The enhanced playback options will help you improve the quality of the audio recording. Tap the three dots icon next to the audio you want to edit and select edit recording.

You will find multiple options in this section.

• Skip Silence: Toggle on this option to skip or remove all the silent parts in your audio recording. This means that your audio will remain continuous and without any breaks, if any, while recording.
• Increase Speed: To change the playback speed, drag the slider to increase or decrease it.
• Enhance Recording: To improve the audio quality and remove the background noise, toggle on Enhance Recording. We were impressed by how this option significantly improved the quality of the audio recording.

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How to Save the Voice Recording on iPhone

Once you stop the audio recording, the file will be automatically saved in the Voice Memos app. But if you want to save the audio to Files, here’s how.

Step 1: Tap on the audio recording you wish to save and hit the three dots icon.

Step 2: Click on Save to Files. Select your destination in the Files app.

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Create Folders in the Voice Memos App

You can create new folders to segregate the audio recordings into different folders within the app.

Step 1: Open the Voice Memos app and click on the back icon. This will take you to the main screen of the app. Now, click on the add folder icon at the bottom right corner.

Step 2: Name the folder and click on Save. We have created a folder called Favourite Audios.

Step 3: To move recorded audio to this new folder, tap on the three-dot icon next to the audio. Select Move to Folder and select the folder you created to move the audio there.

How to Send a Voice Memo on iPhone

Here’s how to share your audio recordings with your friends and family using an app of your choice.

Tap on the three-dot icon next to the audio recording you want to share. You have the option to share the audio in different apps. As you slide across, you can choose the app you want to send the audio file to.

How to Delete a Voice Memo

You can easily use the delete option to remove recordings from the Voice Memos app.

To delete an audio recording, tap on the trash bin icon in the recording menu.

If you accidentally deleted the audio recording, fret not. Tap on the back icon and go to the main screen of the Voice Memos app. There is a Recently Deleted folder. Using this folder, you can easily restore the deleted audio file.

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