@tc0566 , in Settings you can disable detection, alerts and notifications, separately!...

  @Paulo_MC  and then have to turn notificationsback on  every day when I leave.. no thanks I'll just return it and leave a nice review on Amazon about the response I get for support. Support had me reset the camera last night. That worked until I got up this morning and then it started the same thing all over. An SD card is useless with this and that's exactly why you offer 30 free days of online monitoring. Wouldn't want people to figure out that online is the only way the camera works before the return window closes 

  @tc0566 

Receiving excessive alerts can be due to the motion sensor sensitivity,  you could adjust the motion detection sensitivity level to lower levels or set a smaller and concise Motion Zone.

The sensitivity goes no lower than it is set to. Constant notifications when it is set to not record is an issue. Multiple reviews on Amazon say the same thing, it detects motion when there is none. The fact that you can reset the camera and then you don't get notifications for several hours proves it is not suppose to be sending notifications while it is set to not record. Tapo live chat suggested a reset and said there should be no notifications during the schedule while set not to record.Upon reset and recreating the schedule it works until the schedule changes. If it is set to not record from 8pm until 7 am and you reset during that time you get no notifications. Then after it starts recording at 7 am the notifications start and they don't stop until the camera is reset again.

Going to make a YouTube video review on just how poorly this camera works. Maybe that linked to an Amazon review of it will actually get the issues fixed. 

  @Riley_S By the way there is no schedule for privacy in the app only a setting to turn privacy mode on and off. Seriously people don't make suggestions if you don't have the camera and the Tapo app.

  @Paulo_MC And for you, disabling anything disables everything. If you use the switch to to disable motion detection with AI detection still on to detect person in area then the camera detects nothing and stops all notifications even with the schedule set to detect and notify for all persons entering the area. This is seriously the worst app I've ever used for a camera.

  @Riley_S  And for you, there are not 2 separate schedules there is only one schedule in the app and there is a picture above showing the one and only schedule option available. The sensitivity has been set as low as it can go. With the notification set to not send notifications it records no events., The only way to see events or delete events is from the notifications. With the schedule set to not record it records nothing but sends notifications with nothing viewable. What good are notifications that have nothing to view. Even live support says if the schedule is set to not record it should not send notifications. And this camera with it set to record events does nothing. all events sent as notifications have nothing to view. Only when set to record continuously with motion and AI detection on will it actually record events. This camera is going to get a full YouTube review and that review will be linked in an Amazon review.