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How to turn off Dialpad AI in meetings

Dialpad's AI is switched on and off from the host's controls, and what it wrote goes to the meeting's organiser first.

Part of Dialpad's own app Read on 9 November 2026

How it got into your call

Turn it off

  1. To stop it starting by itself: in the Dialpad Meetings dashboard open Settings, find Turn on Ai during meetings? and switch it off.
  2. A team's admin decides whether it is available at all, with Allow Dialpad Ai on meetings in the team's settings.

Stop it in a call that is running

  1. The host opens Host Controls and chooses Turn off Ai. The same switch is on the Ai Notes tab.
  2. Dialpad's page describes this as the host's control. If you are a guest, ask the host.

What it keeps

After the meeting Dialpad makes a summary with action items and a transcript. Dialpad says the meeting's organiser sees those first; when the organiser shares the summary link, anybody with the link can open it.

In Dialpad's own words

The switch that stops it
Dialpad“Turn off Ai”help.dialpad.com/docs/dialpad-meetings-dialpad-ai
The setting that starts it every time
Dialpad“Turn on Ai during meetings?”help.dialpad.com/docs/dialpad-meetings-dialpad-ai
The switch for a whole team
Dialpad“Allow Dialpad Ai on meetings”help.dialpad.com/docs/dialpad-meetings-dialpad-ai

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

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