Turn off Center Stage on macOS with Apple Studio Display

[amalchandaria]

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!

[Ray_Harwood]

Center Stage is an Apple feature, not something controlled by Zoom. 

Check this out:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212315 

[Bort]

@amalchandaria is correct that this can be controlled directly from the Zoom app on iOS, but unfortunately that control is not yet supported directly from the macOS desktop client. For now, you will have to disable Center Stage on macOS directly, as @Ray_Harwood provided. 

[Martha42]

And Apple support says it is a Zoom issue.    I can turn center stage on and off on every other app than Zoom.      I wrote to Zoom support and they didn't answer, yet marked my question as "solved"       Interesting customer support fail.

[Jay2001]

Very frustrating.  I have a Studio Display and the Center Stage is now flowing all over the place during meetings.  There seems to be no way to turn it off.  The link that Ray provided doesn't address it either.   I don't have this problem with any other use of Center Stage.  So I do think Zoom should get a bit more involved and provide a resolution.

[melissabeaumont]

This feature to disable centre stage doesn't work on macOS with zoom open

[jcway]

Same here. In older versions I turned it off but the zoom suggestions dont seem to work with Mac Studio Display right now. Please fix this!

[chris52]

Same here. The Turn On Center Stage does not come as an option in Zoom, and although I deactivate it in the FaceTime configuration, it persists on Zoom.

[eearle]

This just worked for me, using zoom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOYBEbewyRc

[CallieDN]

Thank you - so easy when you know how! Just click on the green camera button next to Zoom (when you're live in Zoom) on the top right of your Studio Display 👏

[SM03]

Thank you this was very easy to follow!!

[watermoon]

Not an option on Sequoia 15.1 😢

[Vicki30]

thank you so much for this link and info.  it worked great. 

[mikehalloran]

What green button at the top right?

[mikehalloran]

Nevermind, I found it — closer to the center of my screen. Click on it and the option to turn Center Stage On/Off appears. I spent over 45 minutes searching this site and with the chatbot not finding this simple answer. The ones I kept receiving were for iOS and iPadOS — they were wrong. I would post a screenshot if I could.

[nzgoldie]

When using any video app, including Zoom, a green camera icon will appear in the menu bar at the top of the screen. The icon is on the right end of the menu bar. Clicking that icon will give you a menu of options including turning Center Stage on/off.

[mikehalloran]

i know that now thanks to an earlier post.

Unfortunately, Zoom Support didn't know this. They kept sending me to the instructions for the iPhone and iPad and those do not apply to the Mac.