Notetaker · Google Meet
Remove Otter from a Google Meet meeting
On Google Meet, the host or a co-host can remove Otter from the participant list, and everyone else has another way. Here is each, and how to keep it out of the next meeting.
Remove it from a Google Meet call now
- Type stop otter in the Google Meet chat. Any participant can, and every Otter Notetaker leaves.
- From Meet’s people list it depends on the meeting’s settings: Otter says other participants as well as hosts may be able to remove it there.
If you are not the host
- No Otter account is needed for the chat command.
- To remove only one notetaker when there are several, use the link it posted in the chat: Stop Notetaker → Yes, turn it off. That link only opens if its owner allows notetaker chat messages.
What you will see on Google Meet
- In Meet, the notetaker sits in the People list like a guest. If the meeting has Host Management switched off, the three-dot menu beside it may offer Remove from the call to you as well as to the host — try it before asking.
- Meet’s own recording notice belongs to Meet’s own recording. A notetaker like Otter is just a participant, so its name in the list and its chat message are the signs to look for.
On Google Meet in particular
Unlike Zoom, where only the host can remove a participant, Meet’s own permissions decide who else can — so on many Meet calls you can take Otter out without waiting for the host.
Keep it out of the next Google Meet meeting
A guest who has to ask to join can be refused at the door. Once a notetaker is in, the host or a co-host removes it from the people list — and is offered the choice to block it from coming back.
To stop it being sent at all, its owner changes Otter's own settings — how to stop Otter joining.
In Otter.ai's own words
help.otter.ai/hc/en-us/articles/14288936562199-Remove-Otter-Notetaker-from-your-meeting-Zoom-Google-Meet-or-Microsoft-Teams
help.otter.ai/hc/en-us/articles/14288936562199-Remove-Otter-Notetaker-from-your-meeting-Zoom-Google-Meet-or-Microsoft-Teams
help.otter.ai/hc/en-us/articles/14288936562199-Remove-Otter-Notetaker-from-your-meeting-Zoom-Google-Meet-or-Microsoft-Teams
What Google Meet says about the host's controls
support.google.com/a/users/answer/9303069
support.google.com/a/users/answer/9303069
workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2022/06/improvements-for-removing-users-from-a-google-meet-call.html
Read on 10 November 2026 from Otter.ai's and Google Meet's own help pages. Something changed? Tell us.
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