Muting and unmuting yourself during a Zoom meeting

During a Zoom meeting, you can mute or unmute your audio, depending on what the meeting host has allowed. Muting yourself is helpful to manage background noise or when you need to quickly step away from a Zoom meeting. This setting silences your audio and can prevent disruptions and noise in a meeting.

Learn more about muting and unmuting participants in a meeting and muting your microphone when joining a meeting.

Requirements for muting and unmuting yourself during a Zoom meeting

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How to mute or unmute yourself during a Zoom meeting

Windows | macOS | Linux
  1. Start or join a meeting.
  2. In the meeting controls toolbar, locate the Audio icon /  to mute or unmute your microphone.
    • If you're currently muted and want to unmute yourself, click the muted microphone icon .
      The red diagonal line is removed from the microphone icon, indicating that you're not muted. Your video tile will only show your display name without the microphone icon in the lower-left corner. When you unmute yourself in a Zoom meeting, other participants will be able to hear you.
    • If you're currently unmuted and want to mute yourself, click the unmuted microphone icon .
      The microphone icon will display a red diagonal line, indicating that you're muted. Your video tile will display a red microphone with a diagonal line in the lower-left corner. While you’re on mute, other participants in the Zoom meeting will not hear you.
Android | iOS
  1. Start or join a meeting.
  2. Tap your screen to view the meeting controls toolbar.
  3. In the meeting controls toolbar, locate the Muted / Unmuted microphone icon.
    • If you're currently muted and want to unmute yourself, click the muted microphone icon .
      The red diagonal line is removed from the microphone icon, indicating that you're not muted. Your video tile will only show your display name without the microphone icon. When you unmute yourself in a Zoom meeting, other participants will be able to hear you.
    • If you're currently unmuted and want to mute yourself, click the unmuted microphone icon .
      The microphone icon will display a red diagonal line, indicating that you're muted. Your video tile will display a red microphone with a diagonal line. While you’re on mute, other participants in the Zoom meeting will not hear you.
 

How to use push-to-talk during a Zoom meeting

The push-to-talk feature allows you to remain muted throughout the Zoom meeting and press the Space bar temporarily when you want to be unmuted and talk. Your screen will show a message indicating that you are temporarily unmuted and the microphone will appear green when you talk.

Note: You will not be able to unmute yourself with push to talk if the host has prevented participants from unmuting.

Learn more about the push-to-talk feature.