---
title: Manage your recording sessions
description: Find, reopen, rename or trash recordings, finish ones that didn't process, and what happens to their links.
section: Sessions & reports
order: 1
updated: 2026-11-05
applies_to: 0.1
related: [where-your-recordings-live, share-a-recording]
---
# Manage your recording sessions

Every recording is kept as a **session** on your Mac, with everything you made from it. Open **Sessions** in illuminate's sidebar to find them.

## Find and reopen a session

1. Choose **Sessions** in the sidebar.
2. Search, or narrow the list by **State** and **Mode**.
3. Click a session to open it, with its reports and other outputs. Nothing is processed again.

No sessions yet? Make a recording and it appears here.

## Rename a session

Right-click the session, choose **Rename…**, type the name and choose **Rename**. Leave it empty to use the report's or document's title.

## Find its files

Right-click the session and choose **Show in Finder**. To see or move the whole folder, see [Where recordings live](/guide/where-your-recordings-live.html).

## Move a session to the Trash

1. Right-click the session and choose **Move to Trash…** (or use the trash button on its row).
2. Choose **Move to Trash**.

The session and everything made from it go to the macOS Trash, so you can restore them from Finder.

**Links you've shared stay online.** Trashing a session doesn't take its link down. To remove a link, use [your account](https://account.illu.mov/links).

## If a session didn't finish

If illuminate quit or your Mac restarted while a recording was processing, **Sessions** shows it at the top under **needs attention**. **Resume Editing…** opens it so you can choose what it becomes, just as right after recording. **Show in Finder** shows its files, and **Delete…** moves it to the Trash.