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Unwanted icon

I have this microphone Icon on my mac. I don't know how to get rid of it or which app is using it to record all I'm saying.

Please help.

MacBook Pro 15", OS X 10.11

Posted on Feb 11, 2020 7:44 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 11, 2020 8:14 AM in response to AyowoleT

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/control-access-to-your-microphone-on-mac-mchla1b1e1fe/mac

How about

>System Preferences>Sound

>System Preferences>Accessibility

>System Preferences>User & Groups>login Items

>System Preferences>Security & Privacy>Privacy>Microphone

Third party? SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

To get a good look at your System config. for conflicts or issues, you can run this trusted utility http://etrecheck.com

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Answer 2

Feb 11, 2020 7:54 AM in response to AyowoleT

Try dragging it off the menubar, or command drag it off.

Control click may give you some insight(?)

What's in the menu bar on Mac? - Apple Support

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Answer 3

AyowoleT Author

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Feb 11, 2020 8:08 AM in response to leroydouglas

I've tried this as well. The icon didn't go away even after unchecking all the apps using the microphone.

Dragging the icon anywhere outside the command bar will cause a stop icon / not allowed icon to appear beside it and then it runs back to the command bar.

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Answer 4

AyowoleT Author

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Feb 21, 2020 6:13 AM in response to leroydouglas

Hi Leroy,

My brother eventually helped figure out where the icon came from. It was from google meet / hangout. I had a call some time ago. Once I force quit the browser (Safari) it simply went away.

Thank you for all your help. It wasn't a bug after all. :-)

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Answer 5

Feb 21, 2020 7:18 AM in response to AyowoleT

AyowoleT wrote:

Hi Leroy,

My brother eventually helped figure out where the icon came from. It was from google meet / hangout. I had a call some time ago. Once I force quit the browser (Safari) it simply went away.