How do I stop QuickTime screen recording on Mac?

  1. To stop recording, either click on the stop button in your top menu bar or press Command + Control + Esc.
  2. Either way, QuickTime will open the video for you to view and edit.

How do I stop a screen recording on my Mac?

To stop the recording, click on the little square stop button in the upper right corner of the menu bar from the top of your screen. You can also hit command, control, esc to stop recording. Or, hit command, shift, 5 and the screenshot bar will reappear with a stop button you can click.

How do I force a screen recording to stop?

When you want to stop screen recording, just tap the red taskbar. You’ll get a prompt asking you to stop, and tap the Stop button. Trimming the end of the video that shows us opening Control Center is no longer needed.