In all, SilentRecorder is a great tweak to have if you don't want to pollute your iPhone with unnecessary indicators. In addition to hiding the red screen record bar or bubble, SilentRecorder also provides options for hiding indicators for phone calls, audio recording, location, and hotspot. The SilentRecorder tweak can be found within the Settings app. Instructions: How to Use QuickTime Player to Record Your iPhone's Screen.But know that you can record both video and audio this way, and for the latter, it could either be the audio on the iPhone itself or the mic from your Mac in case you want to make a voiceover. It's a pretty simple process, and we've covered it in detail before, so I won't go over it here.

You also need a Lightning cable, so this won't work on older iPhones with the 30-pin connectors. If you have a Mac, you can easily record your iPhone's screen using the built-in QuickTime Player, as long as you're running macOS 10.10 or higher and QuickTime Player is version 10.4 or newer. The best part about the native screen recording feature in iOS 11 and iOS 12 is that you don't need to be connected to any cables, but for high-quality recordings without the red bar or bubble, it's necessary unless you're recording an app that hides the status bar.

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But if you're recording your iPhone's screen in an app that doesn't, there are other options you can use so the unattractive red bar or bubble never shows up. If you're screen recording in one of the apps that hide the status bar, Apple's native screen recording feature in the Control Center is a godsend. The red bar on top of most iPhones (left) and the red bubble on the iPhone X (right).

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