An AI notetaker you didn't invite just turned up in your Zoom call. Maybe it's Otter, quietly recording while everyone wonders who pressed record. The good news: you can remove it in a few seconds, stop it joining future meetings, and disconnect it from Zoom entirely. Here's how to do all three, plus a calmer way to take meeting notes that never puts a bot on the call.
💡 What Otter Notetaker, OtterPilot, and the Otter bot all mean
They're the same thing. Otter renamed OtterPilot to Otter Notetaker, so older guides and even your own settings may use either name. Both refer to the assistant that joins your calls to record and transcribe them.
How to remove Otter from a Zoom meeting in progress
If Otter is recording a call right now, you have three quick ways to stop it.
Type a command in the chat - Send "stop otter" in the Zoom meeting chat. Any participant can do this, even people without an Otter account, and it removes the notetaker right away. If more than one Otter notetaker is in the call, "stop otter" removes all of them at once
Stop it from the Otter conversation - Open the live conversation in Otter, from the home page calendar or the recording page, click Stop Notetaker, then confirm with Yes, turn it off
Remove it as the host - In Zoom's participants list, find the Otter Notetaker, open the More menu next to its name, and choose Remove. Only the host or co-host can do this, and a removed participant can't rejoin unless you allow it
If Otter won't stop recording, the chat command is usually the quickest fix, since any participant can send it and it doesn't depend on finding the right browser tab mid-call.
How to stop Otter AI joining your future Zoom meetings
To keep Otter from auto-joining every call, change its auto-join setting once. On desktop or web:
Sign in to Otter and open Integrations
Open the Meetings tab, and find Default auto-join settings
Select Meetings I manually select
On mobile, tap Account, then Account Settings, then Meeting settings, then set Auto-join meetings to Manual.
Otter saves the change automatically. One note: any individual calendar events you previously toggled on or off keep their own setting, so it's worth reviewing upcoming events after you change this.
How to disconnect Otter from Zoom completely
If you'd rather cut the connection entirely:
In Otter, open Settings, and disconnect the calendar Otter is using. This removes Otter from all your future calendar events in one step
For a clean break, open the Zoom App Marketplace, go to Manage, then Added Apps, and remove Otter there too
That revokes Otter's access, so it can't rejoin your meetings until you connect it again.
How to turn off the Otter notetaker altogether
Want Otter to stop taking notes across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, not just Zoom? Setting auto-join to Meetings I manually select applies everywhere, so one change covers all your calls. To pause Otter without deleting your account, leave auto-join on manual and start a notetaker by hand only when you actually want one.
A calmer way to take meeting notes
Most people remove Otter for one of two reasons: a bot on the call feels intrusive in front of clients, or the notes never turn into real work afterward. Supernormal was built for both.
Supernormal takes notes in the background, without a bot ever joining your call. Nobody sees an extra participant, and your clients see only your team. After the meeting, Supernormal uses the context of the conversation to draft the things you'd otherwise build by hand: recaps, follow-up emails, briefs, and slides, ready the moment you ask. You stay in control, reviewing and refining before anything goes out.
No bot on the call - Supernormal takes notes in the background, so client calls stay professional
From conversation to client work - Turn the call into a recap, follow-up email, or brief in moments, not hours
You stay in control - Every output is ready to review and refine before you send it
More than 700,000 organizations already use Supernormal for meeting notes and client work. You can try Supernormal for free, no credit card needed. See how bot-free notes work on the meeting notetaker page, or read why we made the case for no bot on the call.
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