Changing settings in the Zoom desktop/mobile app

You can use the Zoom desktop app and mobile app to change some settings without signing in to the Zoom web portal.

Requirements for changing settings in the Zoom desktop/mobile app

Windows

To access settings in the Zoom desktop app:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom desktop app.
  2. Click your profile picture then click Settings.
    This will open the settings window, giving you access to the following options.

General

Change the general settings for appearance, themes, Zoom workplace app, Zoom Rooms and Zoom apps.

Appearance

Navigation bar: Reset the default order of the Zoom Workplace navigation bar

Zoom Workplace app

Presence status

Zoom Rooms

Zoom Apps: Clear the Zoom app's local data and cookies.

Video & effects

View your video feed, change your camera and customize your virtual backgrounds.

Camera: Select the camera you want Zoom to use from the drop-down menu.

Virtual backgrounds: Select an image for your Virtual backgrounds

Avatars: Customize your profile avatars.

Video filters: Apply overlays, color filters, and other custom video frames during meetings and webinars

Studio effects: Apply eyebrows, mustache or beard, and lip color filters as part of your video appearance.

Audio

Set your microphone and speaker, test them, adjust their volume, and change other settings.

Notifications & sounds

Change notifications and sound settings.

Sounds

Desktop notifications: Enable or disable the following desktop notifications.

Meetings & webinars 

Change settings when joining meetings or webinars.

Join experience

In-Meeting and in-webinar experience: Enable or disable the following settings.

Advanced

Use hardware acceleration for: Save CPU resources by using the graphics card’s hardware video decoder. Enable or disable the following settings.

Recording

Change recording and storage settings.

Local recording storage

Share Screen

Change settings related to screen sharing.

When others share

When I share

Share button behavior

Advanced

Phone

Displays information relating to Zoom Phone if you have a Zoom Phone license.

Calling Information: Displays your direct number, company number local dialing, area code and Emergency address.

Location

Ringtones: Click the Set up button to set up ringtones in the notifications and sound settings.

Calling preferences

Greeting and Voicemail

Report problem: Click the Report Problem button to report a problem when using Zoom Phone.

Team Chat

Change settings related to Zoom Team Chat channel and message notifications.

Left sidebar look: Customize the theme of the left sidebar

Unread messages

Chat preferences

Message translation

Accessibility

You can change the font size for closed captioning in chat and video.

Chat and video

Closed Captioning

Screen Reader Alerts: Enable or disable the following screen reader alerts. Click the Restore button to restore to the default settings.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Displays keyboard shortcuts you can use with Zoom. Click Restore Defaults to revert any changes to shortcuts. 

Statistics

Shows how much CPU and memory Zoom is currently using. If you are in a meeting, it will show data like latency and jitter so you can evaluate your audio and video quality. If having problems with the Zoom desktop app, you can also submit problem reports with logs to Zoom Support. It will also show you the Audio, Video and Screen sharing data like latency, jitter, packet loss, resolution and frames per second. If you have a Zoom Phone license, it will show information about Register ID, Register server IP:Port, Network switch and Local network interface.

My account

macOS

To access settings in the Zoom desktop app:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom desktop app.
  2. Click your profile picture, then click Settings.
    This will open the settings window, giving you access to the following options.

General

Change the general settings for appearance, themes, Zoom workplace app, Zoom Rooms and Zoom apps.

Appearance

Navigation bar: Reset the default order of the Zoom Workplace navigation bar.

Zoom Workplace app 

Presence status

Zoom Rooms

Zoom Apps: Clear the Zoom app's local data and cookies.

Video & effects

View your video feed, change your camera and customize your virtual backgrounds.

Camera: Select the camera you want Zoom to use from the drop-down menu.

Virtual backgrounds: Select an image for your Virtual backgrounds.

Avatars: Customize your profile avatars.

Video filters: Apply overlays, color filters, and other custom video frames during meetings and webinars.

Studio effects: Apply eyebrows, mustache or beard, and lip color filters as part of your video appearance.

Audio

Set your microphone and speaker, test them, adjust their volume, and change other settings.

Advanced: View advanced audio settings.

Notifications & sounds

Change notifications and sound settings.

Sounds

Desktop notifications: Enable or disable the following desktop notifications.

Meetings & webinars

Change settings when joining meetings or webinars.

Join experience

In-Meeting and in-webinar experience: Enable or disable the following settings.

Advanced

Use hardware acceleration for: Save CPU resources by using the graphics card’s hardware video decoder. Enable or disable the following settings.

Recording

Change recording and storage settings.

Local recording storage

Share Screen

Change settings related to screen sharing.

When others share

When I share

Share button behavior

Advanced

Phone

Displays information relating to Zoom Phone if you have a Zoom Phone license.

Calling Information: Displays your direct number, company number local dialing, area code and Emergency address.

Location

Ringtones: Click the Set up button to set up ringtones in the notifications and sound settings.

Calling preferences

Greeting and Voicemail

Report problem: Click the Report Problem button to report a problem when using Zoom Phone.

Team Chat

Adjust settings related to Zoom Team Chat channel and message notifications.

Left sidebar look: Customize the theme of the left sidebar. Enable or disable the following settings.

Unread messages

Chat preferences

Message translation

Accessibility

You can change the font size for closed captioning and chat.

Chat and video

Closed Captioning

Screen Reader Alerts: Enable or disable the following screen reader alerts. Click the Restore button to restore to the default settings.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Displays keyboard shortcuts you can use with Zoom. Click Restore Defaults to revert any changes to shortcuts.

Statistics

Shows how much CPU and memory Zoom is currently using. If you are in a meeting, it will show data like latency and jitter so you can evaluate your audio and video quality. If having problems with the Zoom desktop app, you can also submit problem reports with logs to Zoom Support. It will also show you the Audio, Video and Screen sharing data like latency, jitter, packet loss, resolution and frames per second. If you have a Zoom Phone license, it will show information about Register ID, Register server IP:Port, Network switch and Local network interface.

My account

Linux

To access settings in the Zoom desktop app:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom desktop app.
  2. Click your profile picture, then click Settings.
    This will open the settings window, giving you access to the following options.

General

Change settings related to joining or starting a meeting.

Video

View your video feed and change the camera.

Camera

My Video

Audio

Set your microphone and speaker, test them, adjust their volume, and change other settings.

 Share Screen

Phone

Displays information relating to Zoom Phone if you have a Zoom Phone license.

Team Chat

Adjust settings related to Zoom Team Chat channel and message notifications.

Customize the behavior of my sidebar

Customize the look of my sidebar

Choose to customize the background color of the left sidebar in the Team Chat tab to a Dark or Light theme.

Other Settings

Unread Messages

Push Notifications: Select what you want to receive notifications for.

Sound and Behavior

Virtual Background

You can select a virtual background, select the color of the background (green screen) behind you, and upload a virtual background image.

Recording

Select the location for your local recordings and view how much cloud recording space you have and how much is in use.

Local Recording

Profile

Statistics

Shows how much CPU and memory Zoom is currently using. If you are in a meeting, it will show data like latency and jitter so you can evaluate your audio and video quality. If having problems with the Zoom desktop app, you can also submit problem reports with logs to Zoom Support.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Displays keyboard shortcuts you can use with Zoom.

Accessibility

You can change the font size for closed caption and view keyboard shortcuts you can use with Zoom.

Android

To access settings in the Zoom mobile app:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom mobile app.
  2. In the bottom-right corner, tap More .
    This will open the Settings menu, with the following categories:

Name and Email Address

Mail

Opens your Zoom Mail inbox, showing all of your recent emails. Learn more about connecting your email account.

Calendar

Opens your Zoom Calendar, showing all of your upcoming events. Learn more about connecting your calendar account.

Whiteboard

Opens the Whiteboard dashboard, showing all of your whiteboards and those shared with you by others.

Meeting

Audio

Video

General

Contacts

Team Chat

Unread Messages

Message Notifications Settings: Open your phone's notification settings to adjust options for the Zoom mobile app.

Phone

Displays information relating to Zoom Phone if you have a Zoom Phone license.

Audio

Audio Profile

General

Accessibility

Scan QR Code

Scan a admin-provided QR code to check in to a workspace.

About

iOS

To access settings in the Zoom mobile app:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom mobile app.
  2. In the bottom-right corner, tap More .
  3. This will open the Settings menu, with the following categories:

Name and Email Address

Click on your name and email address to edit some basic profile settings or sign out from the Zoom app.

Mail

Opens your Zoom Mail inbox, showing all of your recent emails. Learn more about connecting your email account.

Calendar

Opens your Zoom Calendar, showing all of your upcoming events. Learn more about connecting your calendar account.

Whiteboard

Opens the Whiteboard dashboard, showing all of your whiteboards and those shared with you by others.

Meetings

Audio

Video

General

Calendar

Contacts

Team Chat

Unread Messages

Phone

Displays information relating to Zoom Phone if you have a Zoom Phone license.

Audio

Audio Profile

General

Accessibility

Siri Shortcuts

You can control the Zoom mobile app with Siri commands. The following commands can be enabled:

Scan QR Code

Scan a admin-provided QR code to check in to a workspace.

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