Muting & Unmuting Options for Meetings

Muting & Unmuting Options for Meetings

Muting/unmuting a specific participant

1.     Sign in to the Zoom desktop client.

2.     Start a meeting.

3.     Click Participants  located in the meeting controls.

4.     Hover a participant and click one of these options:

·       Ask to Unmute: Display a prompt for the participant that asks them to unmute. The participant can click Unmute in the prompt to unmute.

·       Unmute: Instantly unmute the participant without displaying a prompt.
Mute: Mute the participant.

Muting all participants

The host or co-host can mute all participants that are already in the meeting, as well as new participants joining the meeting.

1.     Click Participants  located in the meeting controls.

2.     Click Mute All.

3.     Click Mute All to mute all current and new participants.

4.     (Optional) Check Allow participants to unmute themselves if you would like participants to be able to unmute at any time during the meeting.

Asking all participants to unmute

The host and co-host can also request everyone in the meeting to unmute themselves. This allows the participants to choose if they are ready to be unmuted or wish to remain muted.

1.     Sign in to the Zoom desktop client.

2.     Start a meeting.

3.     Click Participants  located in the meeting controls.

4.     Click More, then click Ask All to Unmute from the list.