Lock meetings, mute, request to unmute, rename, and remove participants
Lock meetings
- Start the meeting.
- Click Lock Meeting from the More option on the meeting toolbar.
- No one will be able to join a locked meeting even if they have the 'join' link.
- If someone tries to join a locked meeting, the presenter of the meeting will be notified. The presenter can decide whether or not to let the participant in.
- A locked meeting is similar to a password-protected meeting.
- The presenter can unlock the meeting at any time if they want to let all participants in.
- Participants who try to join a locked meeting will be informed that the meeting is locked. They can either wait for the presenter to unlock the meeting or close the window.
- Presenters can let selected participants in and reject others.
Automatically Lock Your Meetings
2. Select the Manage Organization tab.
- This feature is only available in the paid editions of Zoho Meeting.
- Only the presenter of a meeting can lock a meeting. Switching to a different presenter does not give them access to lock meetings.
Mute participants
- Start the meeting.
- To mute all participants, click Participants on the meeting toolbar, then click Mute all.
- To mute individual participants, click Participants on the meeting toolbar. Click the Mic icon next to the name of the participant you want to mute.
- Participants can unmute themselves to speak even after presenter mutes them.
- You can temporarily unmute yourself by long pressing the space bar on your keyboard. As soon as you release the space bar, you'll be muted.
- This feature is only available in paid editions of Zoho Meeting.
- Only the presenter of a meeting can mute participants.
Rename participants
- Click Participants on the meeting toolbar.
- Click the More icon
next to the existing name and select Rename.
- Enter the new name and click Save.
Remove participants
- Start the meeting.
- Click Participants on the meeting toolbar.
- Click
next to a participant's name to open a dropdown.
- Click Remove participant.
- This feature is only available in paid editions of Zoho Meeting.
- Only the presenter of a meeting can remove participants.
Request to unmute participants
Meeting participants might mute themselves to ensure that there are no disturbances or background noises coming from their side. Unmuting a participant without their consent is a violation of privacy. However, the host can use this feature to request participants to unmute themselves to share their thoughts during meetings.
How to unmute a single participant:
Click the Microphone slash icon
next to the participant's name in the meeting toolbar to Request to unmute.
You can also click the More icon in the participant's video feed and select Request to unmute.
How to unmute all participants:
1.Click the More icon in the bottom of the meeting toolbar.
2.Click Request all to unmute.
What happens once I request to unmute?
A notification like the ones below will be sent to the participant when you request to unmute them.
During the meeting
During picture-in-picture mode
They will be able to choose if they want to unmute or stay muted.
Note
- In mobile devices, the "Request to unmute" feature is available only for Android versions 2.2.4 and above. This feature is not supported in iOS devices at the moment.
- Only the host can request participants to unmute; participants will not be able to request hosts/participants to unmute.
- Hosts will not be given acknowledgement if the user has chosen to stay muted.
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