# Motion detection timeout

**URL:** <https://forums.wyze.com/t/motion-detection-timeout/203281>\
**Category:** Cameras\
**Tags:** event-clips, cam-outdoor-v1\
**Created:** [November 22, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/motion-detection-timeout/203281 "2021-11-22T19:03:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Customer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Customer](https://forums.wyze.com/u/Customer)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/motion-detection-timeout/203281/3 "2021-11-22T23:35:15Z")

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> [@spamoni](#):
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> I don’t believe wha is described will alleviate False positives

I completely disagree. This is a much requested feature for several years.

> [@Ignore Motion Detection for events under X seconds](https://forums.wyze.com/t/ignore-motion-detection-for-events-under-x-seconds/14231/):
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> I have this feature on my Dlink cameras, and its very helpful at night, when bugs / rain / snow fly past the view outdoors. Its a simple check box that notes that it wont send alerts for detection lasting less than 1s. figured it would be pretty simple to implement and would save us outward looking users lots of non-events.

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