Everything you can do to a Tape lives in one menu. Press and hold a Tape — on Home, in the Tapes tab, or inside a Collection — and it appears.
Two of those actions permanently delete video. They're marked clearly here, and the app asks you to confirm both.
What's in the menu
- Continue Recording
- Opens the camera to add more to this Tape.
- Manage Recordings
- Opens the list of individual recordings inside the Tape, where you can play, rename, trim, or delete them one at a time.
- Add to Collection / Move to Collection
- Puts the Tape in a Collection. A Tape can be in one Collection at a time, so moving it takes it out of the previous one.
- Choose Cover Photo / Remove Cover Photo
- Picks a picture from your photo library to represent the Tape, or goes back to the automatic one.
- Prepare Tape
- Builds the single video file that exporting needs. Takes a while for long Tapes, and you can keep using the app while it works.
- Export to Photos
- Saves the prepared Tape into your photo library, with or without the date stamp.
- Rename
- Changes the Tape's name. Nothing else changes.
- Delete
- Permanently removes the Tape and all its video from your iPhone.
Renaming a Tape
Press and hold the Tape, then choose Rename.
Type the new name.
Tap Save.
Rename as often as you like — it only changes the label. The recordings, the order, the quality and the cover are all untouched. You can also rename from the three-dot menu while watching a Tape.
Deleting a Tape
This cannot be undone
Deleting a Tape deletes every recording inside it from your iPhone. Videflo has no copy, no cloud, and no bin to fish it out of.
If there's any chance you'll want it, export it first — that leaves a copy in your Photos library that survives the deletion.
Press and hold the Tape and choose Delete.
Read the confirmation, which names the Tape you're about to remove.
Tap Delete to confirm, or Cancel to back out.
Grid or list
The button in the Tapes header switches between a picture grid and a tighter list. It shows the layout you'd get, not the one you're in, and Videflo remembers your choice.
The Tapes tab and the Collections tab remember separately, so you can keep dense rows for a long library while your Collections stay visual.
Tips
Tapes are listed with whatever you filmed into most recently at the top, so the Tape you're actively growing is always easy to find.
Deleting the prepared copy of a Tape frees up a lot of space and doesn't touch your recordings — see How much space Tapes use.
Renaming a Tape doesn't rename anything you've already exported to Photos.
Common mistakes
Deleting a Tape to free up space, when it was the prepared copy taking the room.
Use Delete Prepared Tape instead. It removes only the export-ready file and leaves every original recording safe and playable.
Assuming a deleted Tape is in the Photos app's Recently Deleted.
It isn't — Videflo's recordings never lived in Photos unless you exported them. Recently Deleted only holds things that were in your photo library.
Troubleshooting
The menu doesn't appear when I tap a Tape.
- Press and *hold* rather than tapping. A tap opens the Tape for watching.
- While a Tape is being prepared, some actions are hidden. Wait for it to finish or cancel the preparation.
A Tape shows a percentage and won't open properly.
- It's being prepared for export. Let it finish — or open its menu and choose Cancel Preparation.
Frequently asked
Can I undo deleting a Tape?
No. Deletion is permanent and immediate, and Videflo keeps no copy. The only way back is an iPhone backup made before the deletion, or a copy you exported.
Can I merge two Tapes together?
No. Tapes can't be combined, and recordings can't be moved between them.
The exception is a recovered recording, which can be attached to an existing Tape when you rescue it.
Can I sort my Tapes alphabetically?
Not today — the library is ordered by recent activity. Search is the quickest way to find a specific one, and Collections are the way to group them.
Related articles
Managing the recordings inside a Tape
Play, rename, trim, or delete the individual pieces a Tape is made of.
Collections: grouping Tapes that belong together
Optional folders for your Tapes — how to make one, fill it, order it, and remove it.
How much space Tapes use, and how to free some up
Where the gigabytes go, what's safe to delete, and what the low-storage warning means.
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