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Managing participants in a meeting

Student writing in a notebook and participating in a Zoom meeting.

Select the Participants icon in the Zoom control bar to show a list of all participants currently in the meeting. From the participants panel, a host can:

  • Mute the audio or turn off the video for a specific participant using Participants controls.
  • Grant Co-host permissions to other meeting participants, so they can help administer the meeting.
  • Admit participants from the waiting room or move participants back into the waiting room.

Zoom control bar with Participants icon highlighted.

From the meeting control bar:

  1. Selecting the Participants icon will open the participant pane, which lists current participants and includes a number of options for the host.
  2. Clicking the small arrow to the right of the icon will open a menu that will allow you to copy and share the meeting link.

Zoom Participants panel showing different settings options.

From the Participant pane, the host can:

  • Toggle the microphone or video camera icon next to a Participant name to turn off their camera or microphone.
  • Select More next to a Participant to apply other settings, including:
    • Make Host
    • Make Co-host
    • Put in Waiting Room
    • Remove (from the meeting)

Additional options

Zoom Participants panel showing More settings options to apply to all people in the meeting.

Select More from the bottom of the Participants panel to toggle settings that apply to ALL Participants.

  • Ask All to Unmute
  • Play Join and Leave Sound
  • Lock Meeting
  • Enable Waiting Room
  • Allow Participants to:  Unmute Themselves, Rename, or Start Video

Video: Managing participants in meetings

Video: Using waiting rooms

Guide from Zoom: Managing participants in a meeting Links to an external site.

Guide from Zoom: Using Waiting Rooms Links to an external site.

Image courtesy of: University of Washington Marketing and Communication Links to an external site. (UMAC).