Disabling the 'Turn on Reactions' prompt when camera turns on

I tried this and it is STILL happening! Quite annoying! I'd love to be able to turn off gestures, reactions and any other AI nonsense that screws up my video on videoconferencing platforms. GRRRR!!!! :-(

this is happening across google meet in both edge and chrome, and Teams - the "x" does not dismiss the popup.

I do not want reactions, I never wanted reactions and I want this to go away.

Please someone at Apple read this and fix at the next update.

Disabling the 'Turn on Reactions' prompt … - Apple Community

So, menu bar extras are the icons in the menu bar that expose features of some software running on the Mac. Some menu bar extras can still be removed by command-dragging the icon off of the menu bar (that is, hold the command key down, then click and drag), but Apple's recommendation is to now have that as an option in the application.

The Video menu bar extra is not removable by command-dragging, and there doesn't seem to be a System setting to hide/show it. This is not a FaceTime feature — it shows up when FaceTime, Zoom, Chrome, etc., is using your camera.

So, like the suggestion to turn off FaceTime options earlier in this thread, the suggestion to get rid of the Video menu bar extra won't give you the answer you're looking for.

I found that I have to turn off "show previews" to get the annoyance to stop:

I tried this step you recommended but it's still not working and I get the pop up every time I join a call. I even restarted after ensuring my settings matched yours. I'm on Sequoia 15.3.1 on an M1 iMac.

"I figured out a workaround! Command-drag the little green menu extra into the trash can."

Can someone explain exactly how to do this and where? I don't understand what "the little green menu extra" is.

TIA

Right. I get this notification when I'm using Zoom and turn my camera back on. Working as a sign language interpreter and turning my camera on/off every 15 to 20 minutes the entire workday and having to remove the notification *every time* makes me want to throw this $1800 laptop out the window

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It's unlikely (and disabling them certainly doesn't work for me) that this has anything to do with FaceTime notifications. The green camera menu extra isn't a FaceTime feature; Apple calls this the Video menu and it "appears in the menu bar when a video call is in progress":

Use Reactions, Presenter Overlay, and other effects when videoconferencing on Mac - Apple Support

Basically, it appears when any video device is connected to your Mac and is active in an app.

I realize this doesn't solve the problem, but maybe it'll keep folks from going down that dead end.

didnt work for me

Sorry all, this worked temporarily, but the menu is back. I'm still at a loss, but will see if I can figure something else out.

Same here. Incredibly annoying. Unbelievable that we get something like this from Apple. PLEASE REMOVE/ALLOW TO DISABLE.

Wait, what "little green menu extra"? I've tried expanding the camera menu and command-dragging the line that says "Reactions", but nothing drags. Where are you talking about doing this? I would love for this to work. I will never use the reactions.

After a while, the annoyance returned.

Here's what worked this time:

This doesn't work, you can drag but trash disappears as does Finder