---
id: performance-battery.does-storage-studio-pause-when-i-am-presenting
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/does-storage-studio-pause-when-i-am-presenting
category: "Performance & battery"
subcategory: "Meetings, presenting and when you're busy"
question: "Does Storage Studio pause when I'm presenting or sharing my screen?"
alt_questions:
  - "Storage Studio during Keynote presentation"
  - "Stop Storage Studio while screen sharing"
  - "storage studio presentation mode"
  - "Will Storage Studio pop up during a presentation?"
short_answer: "Only when your camera or microphone is in use, which covers screen sharing on a call. For an in-room presentation, click Pause in the menu bar popover first, or set Scheduled Quiet Hours for that time."
tags: ["presenting", "meetings", "quiet hours"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/will-storage-studio-interrupt-a-game-or-render", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/settings/how-do-i-stop-everything-storage-studio-does-in-the-background"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Does Storage Studio pause when I'm presenting or sharing my screen?

Only if your camera or microphone is in use. Meeting detection in **Smart** Quiet Hours watches for a camera or microphone being used by another app — so a video call where you share your screen counts, but presenting slides in a room with no call does not.

For a presentation without a call, you have two easy options:

- Click **Pause** in the menu bar popover before you start, and **Resume** afterwards.
- Use **Scheduled** Quiet Hours for a known time slot.

Your own activity also keeps background work tiny while you're clicking through slides. See [Quiet Hours in Settings](https://storagestudio.us/faq/settings/).