Start a recording again, or throw it away
The bar has Start again and Discard. What each one asks, what it keeps, and where a thrown-away take goes.
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While you record, the control bar has two small buttons next to Pause: Start again and Discard. Use Start again when you fumbled the take and want another go at the same spot. Use Discard when you don't want the recording at all.
Start again#
Start again throws the take away and begins a new one of the same area on the same screen, at 0:00. The area doesn't need to be picked again, so there's no overlay.
In the first ten seconds it just happens. After that the bar asks Start again? and says how long you've been going, like "0:12 so far. It won't be saved." The take pauses while the bar asks. Choose Keep recording to carry on as if nothing happened, or Start again to begin over.
After the free trial, starting again needs a key, because it begins a new recording.
Discard#
Discard always asks first: Discard this recording? and "0:12 so far. It won't be saved." Choose Discard to throw it away, or Keep recording to carry on. Pressing Esc keeps the recording too.
A discarded recording doesn't open in the player, and it doesn't show up in Recent Captures. The file goes to the Trash (on Windows, the Recycle Bin), so if you change your mind you can still take it back from there.
Stop is the other way out#
If you do want the recording, press Stop instead. It saves the video and opens it in the player. See record your screen.