Notetaker
How to stop Gong joining your meetings
Gong records sales calls for the company that uses it. It joins as “Gong recorder”, and stopping it does not delete what it already has.
Shows up as Gong recorder
Read on 9 November 2026
How it got into your call
- Somebody from a company that uses Gong is in the meeting, and Gong records the meetings on their calendar.
- It comes in as a participant called Gong recorder, so on a meeting with a waiting room it has to be let in.
If it is yours: stop it joining
- The Gong user marks the calendar event private, at least two hours before it starts.
- Or, on their Gong home page, they open Prepare for upcoming meetings, then More actions → Cancel recording, at least an hour before.
- Or the host refuses Gong recorder in the waiting room.
Get it out of a call that is running
- The Gong user clicks Stop recording on the call marked ON AIR on their Gong home page.
- The host removes the Gong recorder participant. In Zoom that is the three dots beside its name, then Remove.
- Gong says the people who can stop it are the invited team members, the host, and the company's Gong admins.
What it keeps
Stopping it does not delete anything. Gong says the part already recorded is processed and stays available in that company's Gong.
In Gong's own words
What it is called in the call
Gong“Gong recorder”
help.gong.io/docs/prevent-or-stop-a-recording
The button that stops it
Gong“Stop recording”
help.gong.io/docs/prevent-or-stop-a-recording
Cancelling it ahead of time
Gong“Cancel recording”
help.gong.io/docs/prevent-or-stop-a-recording
Read on 9 November 2026 from Gong's own help pages. Something changed? Tell us.
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