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September 26, 2022
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Turn off Center Stage on macOS with Apple Studio Display

  • September 26, 2022
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Hi there,

 

I'm running Zoom 5.11.11 on macOS Monterey 12.5, and have an Apple Studio Display. I've noticed the Center Stage feature is on when I'm in Zoom meetings (the camera tracks you as you move around), however I can't find any setting to turn it off. It seems that this setting does exist on iOS/iPad OS, but not on macOS. Is there a way to turn this off on Zoom on the Mac?

 

Thank you!

    Best answer by Shazoom

    I searched and searched for the answer to "How to turn off Center Stage on a Mac". Eventually I figured it out. I’m on an iMac (not a Studio Display). Since we can’t upload a screen capture here, I’ll describe turning off the Center Stage feature in detail.

    With Zoom open, at the very top of the Mac screen (in the area Apple calls the "Menu Bar")… For me, the date & time is the furthest to the right. To the left of the date & time, is an icon for Control Center, icon for Spotlight search, icon for WiFi, icon for Bluetooth (your icons may vary depending on your System Settings). Then, the Zoom icon (a little blue circle with ZM in the center). To the left of THAT is an icon that represents a camera — it has a green background and a graphic that's supposed to look like the side-view of an old-fashioned movie camera facing to the right… a white square with a small white triangle on the right side. THAT is the green camera “button” people have been referring to here. When I click on it, a drop-down menu appears. At the top is the Zoom logo with zoom.us next to it. Below that is a thumbnail of whatever your camera is viewing (probably your face). Below that are the words "iMac Camera". And below that are menu choices with icons:

    Center Stage

    Portrait

    Studio Light

    Reactions

    Background

    Desk View…

    If you click on the icon to the right of the words “Center Stage”, it turns off (and on) the Center Stage feature. I hope these details help someone.

    12 replies

    Newcomer
    April 7, 2025

    Okay y'all, turing off center stage was SOOOO BEYOND ANNOYING and took WAY too long. But on a macbook, the way I figured it out was not ACTUALLY through the Zoom app. Listen up, there are no settings in the app itself (Zoom, take note, you're pissing people off..) but on the macbook control center bar itself, on the top right hand side of the computer, when you're using zoom or your camera it will show a Green Camera looking icon up on that bar. I was able to click that and then see all of the options for video including turning off center stage. That has got to be one of the most annoying settings of all time. Hope this helps someone else! 

    Newcomer
    June 11, 2025

    Omg, thank you so much!! It was really annoying, and I spent quite a while looking for it. Instead of putting it in the video settings, which only have dum features. Thankssss!!

    Newcomer
    July 11, 2025

    Vent vent vent - I wasted about two hours today trying to disable this nauseating "feature" - which I innocently enabled yesterday at Zoom's suggestion, thinking oh it's good to try things out, and I'm sure it's easy to turn off if I don't like it.   Thanks akirby.

    Newcomer
    July 11, 2025

    The solution has been posted a few times. I see that we can post pictures, now, but one at a time. These should clarify where the controls are. Click the camera icon to bring up the drop-down menu. Here's the On picture.