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JTCAN
Copper Contributor
Oct 25, 2023

MS Teams is Capturing Your Screen (Mac)

This notification is always on when running the new MS Teams on Mac. Even when there are no meetings running.

 

Seems like a major privacy breach?

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Screen Recording

18 Replies

  • JTL028's avatar
    JTL028
    Copper Contributor
    May 30, 2025

    I fixed mine by scheduling a meeting with myself, sharing the screen for a few seconds, then stopping the screenshare.  Waited like 20 seconds and the icon went away.  Hope this helps!

  • yoelive's avatar
    yoelive
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 17, 2025

    Its 2025 and thousands of people have the same problem but still no fix?? This also could be on apple that their privacy feature doesn't work. How can it still be "recording the screen" if we have removed permissions?? Either teams is running some kind of secret process or apple's privacy notification is broken. Has anyone raised this bug with apple?

  • BrentH2250's avatar
    BrentH2250
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 25, 2024

    JTCAN This helped me - maybe it will help someone else.
    I think the way this started was that I answered a call on the web version, and then switched to the App version. To remedy, I did the same thing again, and the notification went away.

  • sandra_ora2000's avatar
    sandra_ora2000
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 24, 2024

    This worked for me: What I just did was to pretend to join a private upcoming meeting, then share my screen there, then stopped sharing my screen. It disappeared right after, I left the empty 'meeting'.JTCAN 

  • pedrociarlini's avatar
    pedrociarlini
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 30, 2024
    > Resolved by entering another call and sharing my screen there.

    Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/MicrosoftTeams/comments/174w4jt/comment/k4fhvxw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
      • ehcase's avatar
        ehcase
        Copper Contributor
        Jan 27, 2024

        This is still happening as of 1/27/2023. No processes running in activity monitor as far as I can tell except the audio driver, which has been a problem for years now.

  • fdevelopms's avatar
    fdevelopms
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 20, 2023
    Same here. Quite annoying - and any workaround could be useful, but didn't find any so far...
  • rbwestergaard's avatar
    rbwestergaard
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 04, 2023
    We're experiencing the same issue here as of this date. Not everyone are affected by it though. I cannot conclude weather this issue is related to macOS or Teams.

    BTW: I disabled Microsoft Teams from screen recording in the privacy settings, but the issue persists regardless.
  • Kubra1230's avatar
    Kubra1230
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 13, 2023

    I'm experiencing the same problem. Even after disabling screen recording permissions in System Settings and quitting Teams, the issue persists. It's quite annoying and raises privacy concerns.

     

     

    JTCAN 

    • AnnaDW's avatar
      AnnaDW
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 01, 2023

      I'm having the same issue. This needs to be easier to turn off

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