Where Xiaomi Stores Recorded Conversations: A Complete Guide to Searching for Audio Files

Have you recorded an important phone conversation on your Xiaomi, but now you can't find a file? Or have you accidentally found suspicious audio recordings in your smartphone's memory and want to know where they came from? In Redmi, POCO and Mi devices, conversation records can be stored in several places — and not all of them are obvious. In this article, we'll look at all possible locations, from standard internal memory folders to Mi Cloud services and third-party applications.

Xiaomi's feature is that the location of the records depends on the version of MIUI, the phone model, and even the firmware region. For example, on the Redmi Note 12 with global MIUI 14, files can lie in one place, and on the POCO F5 with Chinese firmware in another. In addition, some records are automatically synchronized with the cloud, while others remain only in local storage.

It's also important to consider the legal nuances: in some countries, recording conversations without the consent of the interlocutor is prohibited by law, so before searching for records, make sure that their creation does not violate local laws, and now let's move to the practice of where to look for audio files on your device.

1. Standard Records folder in internal memory

The most obvious place Xiaomi saves conversation records is the Internal Storage folder. → MIUI → sound_recorder (Or just Rec in older versions. MIUI). It stores files created by the built-in Recorder app, but there are a few nuances:

• 📁 Files usually have a format.m4a or.mp3 and named by date/time (e.g, 20260515_143022.m4a).
• 🔍 On some models (e.g. Xiaomi) 13T) The folder can be called VoiceRec or CallRec.
• 📱 V MIUI 15+ Call records can be automatically sorted into subfolders by contact (e.g, MIUI/sound_recorder/Ivan Ivanovo/).
• ⚠️ If you have used a third-party recorder (for example, ASR Recorder, the files will be in a different folder - more about this below.

To find the folder quickly:

1. Open the Files app (Files).
2. Go to the Category section → Audio.
3. Sort files by date of creation – the latest records will be at the top.
4. Click on the file and select Show in the folder to see its location.

⚠️ Note: If you connected your smartphone to your computer in file transfer mode (MTP) and delete files through the PC, folder sound_recorder It might have been empty, but the space occupied on the disk hasn't decreased. MIUI. To free up memory, use the built-in Cleanup utility (Settings) → Memory. → Clean up).

2.Mi Cloud Cloud Storage: How to Find Records Online

If your Xiaomi has Mi Cloud sync enabled, conversation records can be automatically uploaded to the cloud, both for the built-in voice recorder and some third-party apps (like Cube Call Recorder) to check:

1. Open your Settings → Xiaomi Account → Mi Cloud.
2. Make sure that the Recorder Sync slider (or Recorder) is on.
3. Go to i.mi.com and log in.
4. In Devices → [Your Phone] → Files, find the Rec or CallRecords folder.

Pay attention to a few points:

• ☁️ The free version of the Mi Cloud only has 5GB available – if the space is over, new records will not be downloaded.
• 🔒 Files in the cloud are encrypted, but they can be downloaded to PC in the original format.
• ⏳ Synchronization can take up to 24 hours, especially if the recording is long (more than 30 minutes).

If you delete a record from internal memory but it has synced with Mi Cloud, you can restore it within 30 days through the cloud storage basket. Go to Mi Cloud → Recycle Bin on your website or mobile app.

3. folders of third-party applications for recording calls

Many Xiaomi users install alternative applications to record conversations, as the built-in voice recorder MIUI It has restrictions (e.g., it doesn't record calls in some regions, ACR, Call Recorder by Lovekesh. Each of them saves files in their own folder:

• 🎤 Cube Call Recorder: Internal Storage → CubeCallRecorder or Android/media/com.cube.callrecorder.
• 📞 ACR (Another Call Recorder): Internal Storage → ACR or Android/data/com.nll.acr.
• 🔊 Call Recorder by Lovekesh: Internal Storage → CallRecords.
• 📱 Truecaller (if recording is enabled): Internal Storage → Truecaller → Recordings.

To find these folders:

1. Open Files and go to Categories → Applications.
2. Find a folder with the name of the application (for example, CubeCallRecorder).
3. Files are usually sorted by phone numbers or contacts.

⚠️ Attention: Some applications (e.g, ACR) They're encrypted, and you have to use the app to listen to them, because standard players won't open those files. If you delete the program, it's hard to recover the records.

Check the Android/data/[app package name]| folder

Look for files with the.enc extension (encrypted records)|

Try to recover deleted files via DiskDigger|

Make sure the app doesn’t save entries in Google Drive-->

4. Hidden system folders: where MIUI hides records

In some versions of MIUI (especially Chinese firmware), conversation records can be stored in hidden system folders that are not displayed in the standard file manager.

1. Connect your phone to your PC and enable File Transfer (MTP) mode.
2. Open this computer → [your phone] → Internal storage.
3. Enable the display of hidden files: 🪟 Windows: View → Hidden elements. 🍎 MacOS: Command + Shift +..

MIUI/sound_recorder/hidden/


Android/data/com.android.providers.media/




data/com.miui.voiceassist/

These folders may contain:

• 📌 Automatic recordings from Xiao voice assistant AI (If you have used voice commands).
• 🔒 Encrypted files with the.dat or.sec extension – they can only be opened through special utilities.
• 📱 Backups of records created by the system before the update MIUI.

Important: Do not delete files from Android/data/ or data/ folders manually, this can cause app crashes. If you need to free up space, use the built-in Settings → Memory → Clear the cache.

5. Memory card (SD-card): features of storage

If your Xiaomi supports memory cards (such as the Redmi Note 11 or POCO M5), the records can be saved directly to the microSD. By default, MIUI offers to choose a storage location when you first start the voice recorder, nolater can change this:

1. Open the Dictaphone app.
2. Press on. ⚙️ Settings → Preservation site.
3. Select a Memory Card (if the option is active).

On the memory card, records are usually stored in folders:

• 📁 MIUI/sound_recorder/ (if MIUI preserver).
• 📁 Recorders/ or CallRecords/ (if a third-party application is used).
• 📁 Android/data/[Package name]/ (for applications from Google Play).

⚠️ Note: If you removed the memory card and pasted it into another phone or PC, the files may not play due to a difference in the file system (e.g. exFAT vs. FAT32). To avoid problems, format the map directly to Xiaomi via Settings. → Memory. → Format SD-map.

Tip: If the entries on the Suddenly memory card are gone, check it for errors.

1. Connect the card to the PC.
2. Open This Computer → [Memory Card] → Properties → Service → Check (Windows).
3. Use the chkdsk /f utility: in the command line (run on behalf of the administrator).

6 How to Recover Deleted Records of Conversations

If you accidentally delete an important record, you can try to restore it, and success depends on how long it has been since it was deleted and how much memory was used.

• 🗑️ Basket MIUI: Go to the Files. → Recycle Bin - Deleted files are stored there for 15 days.
• ☁️ Mi Cloud: As mentioned earlier, check your cloud storage cart (30 days to recover).
• 🛠️ Third-party utilities: Applications like DiskDigger, Recuva (for PC) or Undeleter can find deleted audio files.
• 🔧 ADB-For experienced users, recovery through adb pull /data/data/com.miui.soundrecorder/.

Instructions for DiskDigger:

1. Install the app from Google Play.
2. Choose Basic scan (free version) or Full scan (root).
3. Mark the file types: Audio → M4A, MP3, AMR.
4. Wait until the scan is completed and save the files found.

If the record was deleted more than a month ago and the phone was actively used, the chances of recovery are minimal - the new data could overwrite the old memory sectors.

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Before recovery, turn off Wi-Fi and mobile data to avoid automatic overwriting of the cache by the system.

FAQ: Frequent questions about Xiaomi conversation records