Q: FaceTime badge won't go away.

Same here, I HATE IT.  !!

I just fixed this on mine, and I think this is what did it:

     1)  Quit Application

     2)  Right click on Facetime icon in dock

     3)  Click on "Show Recents" near the bottom

     4)  Screen should show dimmed desktop, clear of all app windows

     5)  Click anywhere and it should return to the previously occupied desktop, minus the missed call badge on the dock icon.

note: This is after I cleared the missed and recent calls in a furious frenzy, so I'm not sure if this will show other calls or missed ones if one hasn't cleared them yet, but in the future, I'll just keep all my missed calls and click the arrows for info on each one, perhaps I deleted the call without checking the info and the badge got stuck...

Anyway, hope this helps.

Doesn't work for me. Any other suggestions?

Highly annoying bug

I couldn't get the suggested fix to work by just quiting FaceTime. However, it did work once I first turned FaceTime off (right click > Turn FaceTime Off) and then followed the steps starting at step 2. Best of luck!

Thank you. This worked for me too.

Mine was doing the same thing.  Nothing worked, even when I "cleared" it.  Finally, I just left it and restarted the computer (Shut down and restart).  It is gone, and there is no more red number.

I've got the same problem. There are no recent calls to clear when I right click on the icon. The method described above didn't clear the problem. I trashed the FaceTime prefs and restarted, and it *still* had a badge. I'm not sure what the solution is.

I think I found a fix. I cleared my entire recent list. Then I closed all my apps (double tap home button, holding the icons and pressing the red minus). After that I shut down the iPad (hold the power button for 3 seconds and slide the red bar). I wanted a few seconds and turned it back on and then the notification were gone along with all my recents. See if it works for all of you.

Sorry when I said "I wanted..." I meant "I waited...".

This is really sad that the issue still exist in Mavericks.

There is only a permanant way to remove it. Go to System Preference->Notifications->FaceTime. You have multiple options available to customize the behavoir.

Hope this helps!

I Had the same issue on my iPad. I found that if I went into the info, i in a circle, about each missed call the badge went away.

Thanks, hlovatt.

that fixed it for me.

I Had this on my iPad Air. I've only recently activated FaceTime and had a badge of 6 missed calls when I had only tested the system once. I discovered that there were some missed items under Audio Calls that were missed calls before I even started using facetime. Once I cleared these (By clicking on each one) the badge icon finally went away.

Works perfectly in El Capitan! Thanks for the info!