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July 22, 2026
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Zoom removed transcript download/copy from Hub/Notes workflow without warning

  • July 22, 2026
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Until yesterday, I could reliably download meeting transcripts (as a .txt file) from the transcript/summary screen in the Zoom Workplace app (Hub/Notes workflow). Today, the download option is gone, and the transcript text can’t even be highlighted for copy/paste—despite the transcript still being viewable.

This change breaks a workflow I’ve used for months to archive transcripts and move them into our documentation systems. If this is an intentional policy/security change, it needs to be clearly communicated and controllable by admins. If it’s a bug or regression, it needs an urgent fix.

In addition to removing the transcript download option, the transcript viewer now prevents basic text selection— I can’t even highlight the transcript to copy/paste it into another document. This blocks normal documentation and compliance workflows where we need to move transcript text into our own systems.

From a user perspective, this feels like a deliberate restriction that pushes people toward using Zoom’s built-in AI features instead of letting customers export and work with their own meeting data. If this is a security/admin-controlled setting, it should be clearly labeled and configurable. If it’s a product change, it needs transparent communication and an alternative export method.

    Best answer by zach01

    The change that was made appears to be a change in the default admin setting to enable or disable transcript downloads. The function still exists but it will be up to your org as to whether they want to enable it or not.

    13 replies

    New Member
    July 22, 2026

    Paid Pro member here with hundreds of users in my org that rely on this feature. Maybe MicroSoft Teams isn't so bad after all! 

    New Member
    July 22, 2026

    I am so glad you posted this because I was just trying to download the transcript.  I could not find it, and it’s been driving me nuts! I’d say it’s frustrating, but that’s an understatement. 

    Tom
    Zoom MVP
    Zoom MVP
    July 22, 2026

    Are you using your own Zoom account or an enterprise account?

    New Member
    July 23, 2026

    I’m using an enterprise account

    New Member
    July 23, 2026

    Enterprise account - Any update on this? I’m sure it was an intentional change that needs to be reconsidered. You don’t improve a platform by removing features from users who pay for the platform. Not a move in the right direction. This needs to be turned back on asap. 

    New Member
    July 23, 2026

    While I am happy to see I am not the only one with this workflow that is critical, I am disappointed to learn this is not a bug of sorts. This is debilitating 

    New Member
    July 23, 2026

    Debilitating, period. Glad I am not crazy but unreal this would be removed with no communication.

    New Member
    July 23, 2026

    This feels like a very hostile design decision. like Jason said, this seems to be an effort to push people into using zoom’s provided AI tooling rather than giving users the control to do with what they please. If this was an intentional regression of features it was a bad one, and should be reconsidered. 

    zach01Answer
    Newcomer
    July 23, 2026

    The change that was made appears to be a change in the default admin setting to enable or disable transcript downloads. The function still exists but it will be up to your org as to whether they want to enable it or not.

    New Member
    July 23, 2026

    Hoping this is correct. Zach, how do you know this? Do you have access to your org’s admin settings? If so, and this is verified then I will contact our admin immediately to get this setting enabled again on my account. 

    Newcomer
    July 23, 2026

    I do. It is in the admin settings for Notes. There is a permission, “Allow notes transcripts in your account to be copied or downloaded”

    New Member
    July 23, 2026

    See Zach’s comment below for the solution.