# Ignore Hook When Certain App is Active
**URL:** https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/ignore-hook-when-certain-app-is-active/4435
**Category:** Discussion & Help
**Created:** [December 31, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/ignore-hook-when-certain-app-is-active/4435 "2021-12-31T03:42:22Z")
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### Author:  [@rccalma](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/rccalma)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/ignore-hook-when-certain-app-is-active/4435/1 "2021-12-31T03:42:22Z")
Hi,
I want to disable activating Hook when a certain app is active. Is this possible?
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### Author:  [@LucB](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/LucB)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/ignore-hook-when-certain-app-is-active/4435/2 "2021-12-31T21:15:50Z")
Welcome to the Hook Productivity Forum , @rccalma . Thanks for asking.
It’s not yet possible. we’ll take that as a feature request.
Is it so that the keyboard shortcut not be captured by a certain app? there is also this: Hook supports two global shortcuts for invoking Hook, and they can be disabled on [Shortcuts Tab](https://hookproductivity.com/help/preferences/shortcuts/).
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### Author:  [@anslogue\_man](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/anslogue_man)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/ignore-hook-when-certain-app-is-active/4435/3 "2025-10-31T13:31:06Z")
I would like to second this feature request. I am using an app called “[NoScribe](https://github.com/kaixxx/noScribe)” to transcribe interviews. There is a shortcut `^+SPACE` to Pause/Play which I’d think is a convenient layout. However, my HM context window shortcut is `^+SPACE` as well (again: quite convenient). I tried to change NoScribe’s Play/Pause Action to `^+P` but it is not as fast as `^+SPACE`.
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### Author:  [@Flexo](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/Flexo)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/ignore-hook-when-certain-app-is-active/4435/4 "2025-11-26T00:43:00Z")
If you have something like BetterTouchTool or Keyboard Maestro, you could create a macro for activating Hookmark and use the standard Hookmark shortcut for invoking that macro.
E.g. you could make the shortcut to invoke Hookmark something like STR+ALT+R+K+L, something that isn’t used anywhere.
Then only allow that macro to be invoked when those apps are inactive.
Might work with the Shortcuts app, but I’m not sure since I don’t use it.