Muting/unmuting yourself during a Zoom meeting

During a Zoom meeting, you can mute or unmute yourself and other participants whether you’re using the Zoom desktop client or the Zoom mobile app. You can mute yourself on Zoom 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/unmuting participants in a meeting and muting your microphone when joining a meeting.

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Prerequisites for muting/unmuting yourself during a Zoom meeting

How to mute yourself during a Zoom meeting

  1. Start or join a meeting.
  2. In the meeting controls, click Mute .
    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

Whether you’re using an iPhone, iPad, or Android device, the process for muting yourself on the Zoom app is the same across these devices.

  1. Start or join a meeting.
  2. Tap your screen to view the meeting controls at the bottom of your screen.
  3. In the meeting controls, tap Mute .
    The microphone icon will display a red diagonal line, indicating that you're muted .

While you’re on mute, other participants in the Zoom meeting will not hear you.

How to unmute yourself during a Zoom meeting

  1. Start or join a meeting.
  2. Mute yourself during the Zoom meeting.
  3. In the meeting controls, click Unmute .
    The microphone icon will remove the red diagonal line, 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.

Android | iOS

Whether you’re using an iPhone, iPad, or Android device, the process for muting yourself on the Zoom app is the same across these devices.

  1. Start or join a meeting.
  2. Mute yourself during the Zoom meeting.
  3. Tap your screen to view the meeting controls at the bottom of your screen.
  4. In the meeting controls, tap Unmute .
    The microphone icon will remove the red diagonal line, indicating that you're not muted .

When you unmute yourself in a Zoom meeting, other participants will be able to hear you.

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

The push-to-talk feature allows you to remain muted throughout your Zoom meeting and hold down the spacebar when you want to be unmuted and talk. This feature allows you to temporarily unmute yourself during a Zoom meeting.

When you are in a Zoom meeting and you are muted, hold the spacebar when you want to talk and the Zoom window is in focus. 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.