Copy Samsung call recordings from Recordings/Call to your computer

For Samsung Phone recordings, open My Files → Internal storage → Recordings → Call. Copy the original files from this folder to your computer, keeping their names unchanged. This is the Samsung workflow for Callery: a folder of original recordings that you can transfer in bulk.

Samsung’s storage-location guide and Galaxy recording guide both identify Recordings/Call. The adjacent Recordings/Voice Recorder folder holds ordinary voice recordings; it is a different folder.

Confirm that your phone fits this workflow

This guide applies when Samsung Phone created the recordings and their original audio files are accessible in My Files. A Galaxy model name alone does not confirm recording availability. A Galaxy using Google Phone has a different storage limitation.

Make or find a short recording, then check that its original file appears in Recordings/Call. If the folder is missing, check your exact model’s support instructions. Samsung’s PC transfer guide also shows a top-level Call folder on some older software and notes that locations can differ by model and OS. An empty folder is not proof that a recording exists elsewhere.

Bulk copy the originals

1. Unlock the phone and connect it to your computer with a USB cable that supports data transfer.
2. Select the phone’s file-transfer option if prompted, and allow the connection.
3. Open the phone’s internal storage on the computer, then open Recordings → Call.
4. Copy the folder or select the recordings you want and copy them to a backup folder on the computer. Keep the original filenames and extensions. Leave the phone copies in place.
5. Compare the copied filenames and file count with the source folder. Play an older recording and a recent one before importing.

Samsung documents accessing this folder from a PC in its recording transfer instructions. Your computer must support the phone’s USB file-transfer connection. You can also copy files from My Files to another storage destination you control, provided the transfer preserves the original filenames.

Use this folder-copy workflow for an ongoing archive. Exporting recordings through Phone or Voice Recorder, or sending them through messaging apps, is not the workflow this guide recommends: export destinations can rename or transform files, and sharing recordings individually does not scale well.

Keep caller and date information intact

Callery recognizes Samsung-style filenames such as these fictional examples:

Call Alex_261110_143000.m4a
Call recording +15550102345_261110_143000.m4a

The caller and local date/time in the filename help Callery organize the archive. The filename does not identify the phone’s timezone, so check the imported time against a call you remember. Do not shorten the name, strip the timestamp, or replace it with a generic export name.

Verify a small import

Callery accepts MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, and WebM. This list describes Callery’s upload formats, not every format Samsung produces. Upload a few copied originals and confirm playback of both voices, caller/contact matching, and call date before importing the rest. If you changed the recording setup, also verify normal incoming and outgoing calls. The files must remain accessible together in My Files and keep their original names after copying.

A file with an unfamiliar filename may upload as audio while losing automatic caller and historical date recognition. That is not a successful check of the organized archive workflow. See filename compatibility if the sample does not match.

Continue with backing up and organizing the full folder.