# Recover a recording that wasn't uploaded

> A reload, a crash or a dropped connection doesn't lose your recording - here's how to get it back.

Web page: https://noteclearly.com/en/help/recover-a-recording/  
Help center: https://noteclearly.com/en/help/  
Updated: 2026-10-22

NoteClearly keeps your recording in your browser while you make it, piece by piece, until it has become a note. So if something goes wrong - the page reloads, the browser or phone crashes, the connection drops, or you leave the page mid-recording - the audio is still there.

## Get it back

1. Open **Record** in the same browser on the same device.
2. Under **A recording was not uploaded** you'll see when it was recorded and about how long it is.
3. Click **Upload**. It becomes a note with the tags and polish options you recorded it with.

Don't need it? Click **Discard** and confirm - it can't be recovered afterwards.

A recording made with **Record more** for an existing note says so, and uploading it adds it to that note.

## Good to know

- The recording lives only in **that browser on that device** until it's uploaded. Another device or browser won't see it, and clearing the browser's site data deletes it.
- In a private or incognito window, browsers may not keep it after a reload.
- If a whole audio file failed to upload, it stays on the page with **Upload again** until you leave the page.