Notetaker

How to stop Fellow joining your meetings

Fellow's Note Taker records the meetings its user has switched auto-record on for, and it leaves when anybody types a short command in the chat.

Leaves when somebody types /fellow stop Read on 9 November 2026

How it got into your call

If it is yours: stop it joining

  1. In Fellow open User Settings, go to the Note Taker tab and choose Only meetings I manually toggle.
  2. For one meeting, switch Enable Auto-record off on that event.
  3. A company's admin can stop it for everyone with a rule: Workspace Settings → Recordings → Rules, with recording set to deny.

Get it out of a call that is running

  1. Anybody can type /fellow stop in the meeting chat.
  2. Its owner clicks the red Rec icon at the top of their Fellow note, then Stop.
  3. Before it is let in, the host opens the list of people and chooses Deny entry.

What it keeps

Fellow's page on these settings says how to stop it and does not say what happens to the part already recorded. Ask the person whose Fellow it is.

In Fellow's own words

The choice that stops auto-record
Fellow“Only meetings I manually toggle”help.fellow.ai/en/articles/9011001-auto-record-options-with-fellow-note-taker
The chat command that makes it leave
Fellow“/fellow stop”help.fellow.ai/en/articles/9011001-auto-record-options-with-fellow-note-taker

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

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