diff --git a/src/Plugin.Maui.Audio/AudioRecorder/AudioRecorder.macios.cs b/src/Plugin.Maui.Audio/AudioRecorder/AudioRecorder.macios.cs
index 38622c7..345d5fc 100644
--- a/src/Plugin.Maui.Audio/AudioRecorder/AudioRecorder.macios.cs
+++ b/src/Plugin.Maui.Audio/AudioRecorder/AudioRecorder.macios.cs
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ partial class AudioRecorder : IAudioRecorder
 	public AudioRecorder(AudioRecorderOptions audioRecorderOptions)
 	{
 		this.audioRecorderOptions = audioRecorderOptions;
-
-		ActiveSessionHelper.FinishSession(audioRecorderOptions);
 	}
 
 
@@ -42,6 +40,9 @@ public Task StartAsync(string filePath, AudioRecorderOptions? options = null)
 			audioRecorderOptions = options;
 		}
 
+		// Clean up any previous recorder instance
+		CleanupRecorderResources();
+
 		ActiveSessionHelper.InitializeSession(audioRecorderOptions);
 
 		var url = NSUrl.FromFilename(filePath);
@@ -86,7 +87,12 @@ destinationFilePath is null ||
 
 		ActiveSessionHelper.FinishSession(audioRecorderOptions);
 
-		return new FileAudioSource(destinationFilePath);
+		var audioSource = new FileAudioSource(destinationFilePath);
+
+		// Clean up resources (event unsubscribed on line 86)
+		CleanupRecorderResources(unsubscribeEvent: false);
+
+		return audioSource;
 	}
 
 	static readonly NSObject[] keys = new NSObject[]
@@ -105,6 +111,22 @@ void Recorder_FinishedRecording(object? sender, AVStatusEventArgs e)
 		finishedRecordingCompletionSource?.SetResult(true);
 	}
 
+	void CleanupRecorderResources(bool unsubscribeEvent = true)
+	{
+		if (recorder is not null)
+		{
+			if (unsubscribeEvent)
+			{
+				recorder.FinishedRecording -= Recorder_FinishedRecording;
+			}
+			recorder.Dispose();
+			recorder = null;
+		}
+		
+		destinationFilePath = null;
+		finishedRecordingCompletionSource = null;
+	}
+
 	AudioFormatType SharedEncodingToiOSEncoding(Encoding type, bool throwIfNotSupported)
 	{
 		return type switch