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Notta Bot in your meeting: what it is and how to remove it
Notta Bot is the participant Notta sends into Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or Webex calls to record and transcribe them. A Notta user invites it by pasting the meeting link or lets it auto-join from their calendar. The host can remove it from the participant list, and if nobody admits it within 5 minutes it is removed automatically. Checked 25 Sep 2026.
How does Notta Bot get into a meeting?
Two ways. A Notta user pastes the meeting link into Notta, or connects Google or Outlook calendar and turns on auto-join — for all events, internal meetings only or external meetings only, with keyword lists that include or exclude meetings by title (Notta help). With a waiting room or lobby on, it has to be admitted; in Zoom the host also gets a request to let it record.
When does Notta Bot leave on its own?
- Nobody admits it within 5 minutes.
- No other participants are left in the meeting.
- It reaches the 5-hour recording limit.
Source: Notta help.
Can Notta Bot have a different name?
On paid plans, in Zoom, Teams and Webex. In Google Meet a custom name may not apply, and the bot may still show as “Notta Bot” (Notta help). Notta’s settings also include a recording notification poster shown to all participants and an option that posts a note in the meeting chat when the bot starts recording.
What Notta Bot looks like in the call
How do you remove Notta Bot from a meeting?
Notta’s own instructions: End the recording in Notta, or remove it from the participant list; if the host does not admit it within 5 minutes, it is removed automatically. On the platform side:
Remove Notta Bot in Zoom
If the meeting is over, End meeting for all also ends Notta's recording, per Notta's own help page.
- Host or co-host: open Participants, hover over the bot, click More and choose Remove. A removed participant can't rejoin unless you allow participants to rejoin. Zoom support
- Or choose Put in waiting room from the same menu to hold it outside the call. Zoom support
Keep Notta Bot out of the next Zoom meeting
- Turn on the waiting room for "Users not in your account" or "Users not on the meeting invite", and admit people one by one. Zoom support
- Turn on "Only authenticated users can join meetings" (Settings › Meeting › Security), or "Require authentication to join" for one meeting. Zoom support
- Account owners and admins can block users authenticated with specific domains from joining meetings the account hosts. Zoom support
These settings filter by account, invitation and domain. None of the Zoom pages above describes recognising a bot as a bot, so a bot that is on the invite can still pass them.
Remove Notta Bot in Google Meet
In Meet, Notta Bot is listed among the contributors in the People panel.
- Open People, click More options next to the bot and choose Remove from the call. While it is still asking to join, choose Deny. Google Meet Help
Keep Notta Bot out of the next Google Meet meeting
- Set the meeting access type to Restricted and turn off "Anyone can ask to join": "third-party bots, like note takers, that attempt to use 'Ask to join' are automatically denied". Google Workspace Learning Center
Restricted still lets in anyone invited through the Google Calendar event, so a bot whose address is on the invitation is not stopped by it. Take that address off the invite first.
Remove Notta Bot in Microsoft Teams
In Teams, Notta Bot joins as a guest: "Notta Bot (Guest)".
- Organizer or presenter: open Participants, click More options next to the bot and choose Remove from meeting. Otter help center
Keep Notta Bot out of the next Microsoft Teams meeting
- Teams detects many external bots and holds them in the lobby until someone admits them — whatever the lobby setting. This is the default ("When detected, require approval before joining"); admins set it with ExternalBotAccessMode. Microsoft Learn
- Let only organizers and co-organizers admit people from the lobby, so a presenter can't let a bot in by mistake. Microsoft Learn
Microsoft says some external bots may not be detected, and a detected bot still gets in once someone admits it: the documented default holds bots in the lobby, it does not block them.
Platform steps checked 25 Sep 2026.
If you use Notta yourself and want notes without a bot
Notta Desktop records on Windows 10 (1903+) and macOS 13+ without adding a participant (Notta). Without installing a desktop app: No bot joins your calls: the Chrome extension records web calls on macOS, Windows, Linux and ChromeOS, and the Windows desktop app also captures system audio from any app.
Notta next to the other notetaker bots
| Tool | Joins the call as a participant? | What others see (default name) | Its way to record without a bot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otter.ai | Yes, in bot mode | "[Your Name]'s Notetaker (Otter.ai)"; in some workspaces "[Workspace Name]'s Notetaker (Otter.ai)"checked 25 Sep 2026 | Bot (OtterPilot), or bot-free desktop app for Mac and Windows (Zoom, Google Meet, Slack Huddles, in person)checked 25 Sep 2026 |
| Fireflies.ai | Yes, in bot mode | "Fireflies.ai Notetaker", invited through the address fred@fireflies.aichecked 25 Sep 2026 | Bot for Zoom and Teams; bot-free Chrome extension for Google Meet in Chrome onlychecked 25 Sep 2026 |
| Fathom | Yes, in bot mode | "(NAME)'s Fathom Notetaker"checked 25 Sep 2026 | Bot-free capture is Mac-only and in beta; on Windows, Fathom records through its bot todaychecked 25 Sep 2026 |
| Read AI | Yes, in bot mode | "read.ai meeting notes"checked 25 Sep 2026 | Desktop and mobile apps capture audio on the user's device; in those modes Read AI does not join as a participantchecked 25 Sep 2026 |
| tl;dv | Yes, in bot mode | "[First name]'s AI Notetaker" — "Grace's AI Notetaker" for Grace Joneschecked 25 Sep 2026 | Bot, or bot-free desktop app for Mac and Windows — records system audio, no meeting bot requiredchecked 25 Sep 2026 |
| Notta | Yes, in bot mode | "Notta Bot"checked 25 Sep 2026 | Notta Bot for Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and Webex, or bot-free Notta Desktop on Windows 10 (1903+) and macOS 13+checked 25 Sep 2026 |
| Granola | No | Nothing — no bot joins | Bot-free desktop app for Mac and Windows, using your computer audio; the Chrome extension "Granola Companion" works with the desktop appchecked 25 Sep 2026 |
| Jamie | No | Nothing — no bot joins | Bot-free: runs on your device, no meeting bot joins the callchecked 25 Sep 2026 |
| tactiq | No | Nothing — no bot joins | Live capture via Chrome/Edge browser extension, no bot; native macOS app in beta for Zoom desktop callschecked 24 Sep 2026 |
| MeetWave | No | No bot — nothing appears in the participant list. | No bot joins your calls: the Chrome extension records web calls on macOS, Windows, Linux and ChromeOS, and the Windows desktop app also captures system audio from any app. |
Read on each vendor’s help pages; the dates show when. Full list with how to remove each bot →
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