Notetaker

How to stop Wudpecker joining your meetings

Wudpecker's notetaker follows joining rules its user sets. Setting them to None means it never comes unless its user sends it.

Read on 9 November 2026

How it got into your call

If it is yours: stop it joining

  1. In Wudpecker open Settings, then Notetaker default joining rules, and choose None.
  2. Wudpecker says that after this the notetaker bot does not join any meeting unless its user explicitly tells it to.
  3. Wudpecker says the setting is available on its Plus and Pro plans.

Get it out of a call that is running

  1. Wudpecker's page on joining rules does not describe removing it from a call that is running.
  2. It is in the call as a participant, so the host can remove it from the list of people, as with any guest: in Zoom from Participants, in Google Meet from People, in Teams from Participants.
  3. If you are not the host, ask the host — or ask the person who brought it to set its rules to None before the next meeting.

What it keeps

Wudpecker's page does not say what happens to a meeting it was removed from. Ask the person whose notetaker it is what it kept, and whether they will delete it.

In Wudpecker's own words

Where the setting is
Wudpecker“Notetaker default joining rules”intercom.help/wudpecker/en/articles/8560614-how-can-i-stop-the-notetaker-from-joining-meetings-automatically
What None does
Wudpecker“Now the notetaker bot will not join any meetings without you explicitly telling it to”intercom.help/wudpecker/en/articles/8560614-how-can-i-stop-the-notetaker-from-joining-meetings-automatically
Which plans have it
Wudpecker“is only available for Plus and Pro users”intercom.help/wudpecker/en/articles/8560614-how-can-i-stop-the-notetaker-from-joining-meetings-automatically

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

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