Recorder on somebody’s computer
Krisp records from somebody's computer — or sends a bot. What to do if it is in your call
Krisp usually records from its owner's own computer, sitting between their microphone and the meeting app, so it is not on the list of people in the call. Its owner can also send the Krisp Bot, which is.
Usually not in the list of people — its bot shows up as Krisp Bot
Read on 10 November 2026
How it hears the call
- Somebody in the call has the Krisp app running with its Note Taker on. Krisp tells its users to pick Krisp Microphone and Krisp Speaker in their meeting app, so it hears both sides of the conversation.
- To record video, its owner can send the Krisp Bot instead: from the app, by pasting a meeting link, or by adding assistant@krisp.ai to the calendar invite. The bot works in Zoom, Google Meet and Teams, and arrives as a separate participant that the host has to let in.
If it is yours: stop it recording
- Its owner switches the Note Taker off in the Krisp app. To keep a call out of Krisp altogether, it has to be off before the call starts and stay off.
- Its owner can turn on Notify others you're using Krisp, under Settings → Privacy & Consent. It is their choice, and Krisp itself warns that some meeting apps block the message.
- The Krisp Bot can be removed like any other guest. Once it is out it cannot come back into that meeting, and what it had recorded up to then is not kept.
If somebody else in the call is using it
- If Krisp Bot is waiting in the lobby or sitting in the list of people, the host can refuse to admit it, or remove it.
- Otherwise there is nothing on screen to remove. Ask at the start whether anybody is recording or taking notes with an app, and ask them to stop if you do not agree to it.
- A call shorter than thirty seconds is not recorded by Krisp at all.
What it keeps
Krisp says it transcribes in the cloud and deletes the audio it used for that straight after. If its owner chose to record, the recording is kept in the cloud in their account, and is removed with the account.
In Krisp's own words
How it hears both sides
Krisp“It is highly advised to select both Krisp Microphone and Krisp Speaker in your communication app”
help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/30146816045980-Record-your-meetings-with-Krisp-AI-Note-Taker
The setting that tells others
Krisp“enabling Notify others you're using Krisp”
help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/30146816045980-Record-your-meetings-with-Krisp-AI-Note-Taker
Krisp's own warning about it
Krisp“Some platforms may block chat messages or audio prompts.”
help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/30146816045980-Record-your-meetings-with-Krisp-AI-Note-Taker
The bot is a participant
Krisp“the other meeting participants will see Krisp Bot as a separate meeting participant”
help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/12535172635804-Krisp-Bot
Removing the bot
Krisp“once the bot is removed from a meeting, it cannot rejoin that same session”
help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/12535172635804-Krisp-Bot
Where the audio goes
Krisp“the data used for transcription is deleted immediately after processing”
help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/360012035500-What-data-Krisp-sends-to-the-cloud
Where recordings are kept
Krisp“Recordings are kept in the cloud.”
help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/12216182124956-FAQ-about-Krisp-Recording-feature
Turning it off for good
Krisp“make sure the Note Taker is turned off before you start your call and stays off throughout”
help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/12216182124956-FAQ-about-Krisp-Recording-feature
Short calls
Krisp“We don't capture the Recording, Transcript, or Notes for calls shorter than that.”
help.krisp.ai/hc/en-us/articles/12216182124956-FAQ-about-Krisp-Recording-feature
Read on 10 November 2026 from Krisp'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
Notion AI Meeting NotesNotion's meeting notes run in the Notion app on one person's computer, listening to its speakers and microphone. Notion asks that person to get everybody's consent first.TactiqTactiq transcribes from inside its owner's browser, and on the free plan it starts on its own a few seconds into every meeting unless its owner pauses it.TimelessTimeless's AI notetaker joins from its user's calendar, and anybody it is bothering can ask the host to remove it like any other guest.WudpeckerWudpecker's notetaker follows joining rules its user sets. Setting them to None means it never comes unless its user sends it.CirclebackCircleback joins meetings by kind — internal, external, organised by somebody else — and with both of the main kinds switched off it joins nothing by itself.ClaapClaap's recorder joins under its owner's name followed by “Claap Recorder”, and if nobody lets it in from the waiting room, nothing is recorded.
Try Meetful
Meetings that take their own notes
Free video meetings in the browser: every line of the transcript under the name of who said it, and the summary and action items when you hang up. Nothing to install — guests just open the link.