Built-in note-taker
Google Meet is transcribing your call: how you can tell, and how it stops
Google Meet's own transcripts are built into the call, not a bot. A Transcripts icon shows for everybody while it runs, and the written transcript goes to the organiser's Google Drive.
Part of Google's own app
Read on 10 November 2026
How it got into your call
- Somebody in the meeting — usually the host or a co-host — turned on Transcripts from Meeting tools. With host controls on, only the host and co-hosts can.
- It runs on the Google Workspace plans that include it, from a computer or an Android phone.
Turn it off
- Whoever can start it can stop it: Meeting tools → Transcribing → Stop transcription, then Stop in the pop-up.
- It cannot be paused. Stopping it ends that transcript; a new one can be started in the same meeting.
- If the company's admin has switched on Quick Stop and host controls are off, anybody from the organiser's company can stop it for everyone.
Stop it in a call that is running
- Look for the Transcripts icon at the top right: Google shows it to everybody while the meeting is being transcribed.
- A guest from outside the company cannot stop it. Ask the host to, or to leave out anything you do not want written down.
- It stops by itself when everybody has left.
What it keeps
The transcript is a Google Doc saved in the organiser's Google Drive, in a folder called Google Meet.
In Google's own words
What everybody sees
Google“When meeting transcripts are on, at the top right, a Transcripts icon displays for everyone in the meeting.”
support.google.com/meet/answer/12849897
Who can start it
Google“only the host and co-hosts can turn on Transcripts”
support.google.com/meet/answer/12849897
No pausing
Google“You can't pause Transcripts, but you can stop one meeting transcript and start a new one in the same meeting.”
support.google.com/meet/answer/12849897
Quick Stop
Google“to end the capture for all participants, an internal user can click Stop”
support.google.com/meet/answer/12849897
When it ends
Google“When all participants leave the meeting, Transcripts stop automatically.”
support.google.com/meet/answer/12849897
Where it is kept
Google“Meeting transcripts are saved in the meeting organizer’s Google Drive in the "Google Meet" folder.”
support.google.com/meet/answer/12849897
Read on 10 November 2026 from Google's own help pages. Something changed? Tell us.
A meeting with nothing to remove
On Meetful the notes are written by the meeting itself, from each person's own microphone, so no extra guest joins. Anybody can leave themselves out of the notes and stay in the call.
Other notetakers
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