Notetaker

How to stop Coworker Recorder joining your meetings

Coworker's Recorder takes short commands typed in the meeting chat: one removes it at once, another pauses it for a private word.

Leaves when somebody types -remove Read on 9 November 2026

How it got into your call

If it is yours: stop it joining

  1. Coworker has a separate page on the Recorder's auto-join settings; the page read here covers only a call that is already running.
  2. Ask the person whose Recorder it is to change which meetings it joins.

Get it out of a call that is running

  1. Open the chat in Google Meet or Zoom and type -remove. Coworker says that immediately removes the Recorder from the meeting. -x and -kick do the same.
  2. To stop it for a while without removing it, type -pause. It stops recording and transcribing until somebody types -resume.
  3. Coworker's page does not say the commands are only for the host.

What it keeps

Coworker's page does not say whether what was recorded before it was removed is kept. Pausing leaves a gap: nothing said during the pause is recorded or transcribed.

In Coworker's own words

The chat command that makes it leave
Coworker“-remove”intercom.help/coworker-ai/en/articles/15484269-controlling-the-notetaker-with-dash-commands
What that command does
Coworker“Immediately removes the Recorder from the current meeting”intercom.help/coworker-ai/en/articles/15484269-controlling-the-notetaker-with-dash-commands
The command for a private word
Coworker“-pause”intercom.help/coworker-ai/en/articles/15484269-controlling-the-notetaker-with-dash-commands

Read on 9 November 2026 from Coworker's own help pages. Something changed? Tell us.

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