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How to record your screen on a Chromebook
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The recorder below works on any Chromebook, any ChromeOS version, school-managed or personal. No extension, no Play Store app, no admin policy.
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The four steps, with Chromebook-specific notes.
General "screen recorder" articles miss the parts that actually break. These are the steps with the ChromeOS specifics.
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Open Pullsy in any tab on your Chromebook
Pullsy runs in Chrome, Edge, or any other Chromium browser that ships with ChromeOS. There is no Chrome extension to install and no app to add from the Play Store. Open pullsy.online/record in a tab, and the recorder is ready.
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Click the green "Start recording" button
A Chrome system dialog appears titled "Choose what to share". You have four options: Your entire screen, a specific window, a Chrome tab, or a custom region. For most Chromebook workflows — a Google Doc walkthrough, a Sheets demo, a Slides presentation — pick the Chrome tab. Tab capture includes the audio of any video or audio playing in that tab, and is the most battery-friendly option on a Chromebook.
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Toggle the AI transcript on, narrate as you go
Pullsy has a "Live AI transcript" checkbox on the pre-record screen. Leave it checked and the recorder generates a transcript as you speak — it is not a separate step. The transcript and AI summary, AI chapters, and an ask-the-video chat get attached to the share link automatically when you stop. There is no second upload or a third-party service to call.
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Stop, name it, share the link
Click the red "Stop & save" button when you are done. Give the recording a title (Pullsy will suggest one based on the transcript if you leave it blank), and a shareable link is generated. The recording is hosted on Cloudflare R2 with a 30-day retention on the free tier. The link is unlisted by default — only people you send the URL to can open it.
One honest limitation.
The Pullsy recorder uses the Chrome Web Capture API, which is built into ChromeOS. Some school-district policies disable screen capture for the student role — in that case, the "Choose what to share" dialog will not appear, and Pullsy will return a permission error. There is nothing Pullsy can do to bypass a managed ChromeOS policy; the gate is your IT admin. If your Chromebook is personal and you are still getting blocked, sign out of any managed profile and try again. Pullsy does not capture system audio outside the tab you selected — for that, open the audio source in a Chrome tab and capture that tab.
Frequently asked
Does Pullsy work on school-issued Chromebooks with managed ChromeOS?
Yes. The recorder uses the standard Web Capture API built into Chrome — no extension, no native messaging, no admin policy required. Some school-district policies do disable screen capture for the user role, in which case the "Choose what to share" dialog never appears and you get a permission error. If that is the case for your Chromebook, your IT policy is the gate, not Pullsy. There is nothing Pullsy can do to bypass a managed policy; you would need to ask your IT admin to allow screen capture.
Does the Chromebook recorder capture system audio?
On ChromeOS, the "tab audio" option in the capture dialog will record the audio playing in the selected Chrome tab — for example, the audio of a YouTube video or a Google Meet call playing in that tab. Pullsy does not capture audio from other apps or system sounds outside the tab you selected. If you need to record audio from the entire Chromebook (e.g., a video playing in the Android container), the tab-capture option is the wrong choice — open the source in a Chrome tab and capture that tab instead.
Can I record a Google Meet or Zoom call on a Chromebook?
Yes. Open the meeting in a Chrome tab, then start a Pullsy recording. When the system capture dialog appears, pick the Chrome tab with the meeting. Tab audio captures the other participants' voices, your mic is captured separately (you get a permission prompt for the mic the first time), and the recording includes both. Pullsy will not interfere with Meet or Zoom — they keep running in the tab. If you want a higher-quality cloud recording, Meet and Zoom have their own built-in recorders; Pullsy is the better fit when you want a shareable link, an AI transcript, and a Markdown file of the call.
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No install, no signup, no watermark. The same recorder works on Mac, Windows, and Chromebook.