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Superwhisper saves every dictation as you speak: the audio, the transcription, and the AI result. Use History to review past dictations, retry failed ones, and diagnose unexpected results.
History holds dictations only. Meetings live in the Meetings tab.
Superwhisper History panel

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Open History

Open History from any of three places:
  • Home in settings: the Recent recordings list shows your last five dictations. Click See all to open the full History
  • The menu bar icon → History…
  • Right-click the mini recording window and choose Open History…
Click Back to Home at the top left to leave History.
The Home page with the stats card, Recent recordings, and the See all button

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Search recordings

The Search history field at the top of History filters your past dictations.
Search filters the original dictation only, not AI-processed results.

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Reprocess a dictation

Retry a failed transcription or run an old dictation through a different mode without re-recording:
  1. Open the dictation in History
  2. Click the reprocess icon below the recording
  3. Pick the mode to process it with
Reprocessing a dictation in Superwhisper History with the mode picker open

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Dictation stats

The Home tab in settings shows Average speed (words per minute), Words, Apps used, and time saved, for This week or All time. Meetings don’t count. On iOS, open the app’s Settings, where you can also reset your stats. On a Mac, the CLI also prints them with superwhisper stats. Superwhisper stats screen on iOS showing words per minute, minutes saved, and most used mode

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Report an issue

Report a problem directly from the recording it happened in:
  1. Turn on Error logging in Settings → Configuration
  2. Open the recording in History and click the info icon to show its details
  3. Click Report issue in the details sidebar
Recording details sidebar in Superwhisper History with the Report issue button To report by email instead, send support@superwhisper.com:
  • What happened, and the steps to reproduce it
  • Screenshots of your Configuration pane and the mode’s settings (including the prompt, for custom modes)
  • The recording folder: open the test recording in History, click the info icon, then Open file location to reveal it in Finder, compress the folder, and attach it
You can also ask in Discord, but email reaches the team fastest.

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Where recordings are stored

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Delete recordings

You can delete recordings by hand or let Superwhisper delete them on a schedule.
  • In History: right-click a recording and choose Delete. To delete several, select them (hold Shift) and click Delete in the selection bar, or Select all first
  • In Finder: open a dictation’s info, click Open file location to open the recordings folder, then delete files directly

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Delete recordings automatically

Use Keep recordings for to set how long Superwhisper keeps recording files on disk. It deletes older recordings automatically, including meetings.
  1. Open Settings → Configuration
  2. Set Keep recordings for to Forever, 1 day, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year
The default is Forever. The same option is in the Windows preferences. If you choose a shorter period, Superwhisper warns you before it deletes existing recordings. If your organization sets a recording retention period on an Enterprise license, the option is locked and shows that your organization manages it.