Changing settings in the Zoom Workplace desktop and mobile app

1. Sign in to the Zoom desktop app.
2. In the top-right corner, click your profile picture, then click Settings. Alternatively, at the bottom the left navigation bar on versions 6.7.0 and higher, click the gear icon .
   The Settings window will open.
3. (Optional) In the Search bar, enter keywords to locate a specific setting.
4. (Optional) Click the various tabs on the left to manage settings related to that topic. 

1. Sign in to the Zoom mobile app.
2. In the top-left corner, tap your profile picture.
   You will have options to view or manage your availability, status message, profile settings, and additional settings.
3. Tap Settings.

General

On the General tab, you can customize the appearance of the Zoom Workplace app, choose your app update frequency, and more.

Appearance

• Color mode: Change the background color of the Zoom desktop app user interface by choosing Light, Dark, or System setting.
• Theme: If you’re using the Light color mode, you can apply an accent color for the Zoom Workplace desktop app, and choose if the Team Chat sidebar has light or dark contrast.
• Emoji and reactions skin tone: Choose the default skin tone for emojis and reactions.

Navigation bar

The navigation bar on the Zoom Workplace desktop app is customizable, meaning you can rearrange the icons as needed. Click Reset to reset the navigation bar to the default order.

Note: You can also reset the navigation bar by clicking the More tab in the app navigation bar, then clicking Reset.

Zoom Workplace app

• Update app automatically: Enable automatic app updates and choose the update frequency.
• Show Zoom Workplace in macOS menu bar (macOS only): Add the Zoom Workplace app to your MacOS dock.
• Auto-start Zoom Workplace (Windows only): Open and display the Zoom app when Windows starts.
• Minimize Zoom to notification area when closed (Windows only): Keep Zoom running in the notification area after closing.
• Sync Zoom presence with Outlook status (Windows only): Once enabled, any changes to your Zoom status will be reflected in Outlook.
• Enable diagnostic data viewer: Enable and view diagnostic information.

Presence status

• Change status to “Away” when inactive for: Enable the toggle to set inactivity timeout (2-60 minutes).

Zoom Rooms

• Zoom Rooms auto-detection: Use your device to find nearby Zoom Rooms using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. When enabled, this feature allows you to start meetings, open whiteboards, and launch apps directly from a Zoom Room.
• Show "Zoom Room" icon in the app: Display the Zoom Room icon in the Zoom Workplace app header, which allows you to start or join a meeting on the Zoom Room from the desktop app. Choose if you want the icon to always show or only show when a nearby Zoom Room is detected. Learn more about connecting a Zoom Room to the desktop app.
• Device connection behavior when starting or transferring a meeting in the room: Select the connection method when starting or transferring a meeting in the Zoom Room:
  • Ask me every time
  • Automatically connect to Zoom Room
  • Don't connect to Zoom Room
• Automatically enable companion microphone when joining as companion: Enable the companion microphone by default when joining a meeting.

Auto-call

• Automatically receive a call when a scheduled meeting starts: When enabled, you will automatically receive a call that prompts you to join the scheduled meeting. This feature helps you join scheduled meetings on time.

Zoom Apps

• Clear local Zoom App data and cookies: Click Clear to manually clear data and cookies saved locally on your device by Zoom Apps.

Video & effects

The Video & effects tab is where you can preview your video, change your camera, and customize your virtual backgrounds. For additional details, learn how to enhance your video in Zoom.

Video

• Camera: Select the camera you want Zoom to use from the drop-down menu.
• HD: Select the check box to enable high-definition video.
• Original ratio: Select the check box to keep the original aspect ratio of your video display.
• Mirror my video preview: Select the check box to horizontally flip your video preview. It is useful if your camera flips your video by default, and only affects how you see your video.

Appearance

• Touch up my appearance: Enable and adjust the slider to apply a softening effect to your appearance, minimizing the visibility of imperfections.
• Adjust for low light: This feature improves video brightness and quality in low-light surroundings. When enabled, choose between Auto and Manual low-light settings.
• Portrait lighting: Enabling portrait lighting dims your background while brightening you in the foreground, making you stand out more when you’re on video.
• Auto-framing: Auto-framing automatically adjusts your camera view to keep you centered during video calls. This feature helps others see you clearly, even if you move, shift in your seat, or sit closer or farther from the camera.

Virtual backgrounds

Select an image or video to use as your virtual background. Learn more about changing your virtual background.

• Choose from the existing virtual backgrounds.
• To upload an image or video from your computer, click the plus icon.
• To create a virtual background using Zoom AI, click Generate and enter your ideas.

Avatars

Customize your avatars. Avatars allow you to replace your appearance with a 3D virtual avatar that mimics head movements and facial expressions.

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

The Audio tab is where you can set, test, and adjust your microphone and speaker, as well as change other audio settings, such as microphone modes.

Speaker

• Select the speaker you want Zoom to use from the drop-down menu.
• Test speaker: Click to play a test tone to verify that your selected speaker is working correctly.
• Output volume: Adjust the volume slider as needed to control volume levels.
• Spatial audio: When enabled, voices will sound like they’re coming from each person's position on the screen in gallery or immersive view.
• Hear incoming call ringtones on an additional device: Play incoming ringtones for meetings and calls on your primary speaker and another device. When enabled, choose the speaker from the drop-down menu and set the output volume for the additional device.

Microphone

• Select the microphone you want Zoom to use from the drop-down menu.
• Test microphone: Click to record test audio and play it back to verify that your selected microphone is working correctly.
• Input volume: Adjust the slider as needed to control your microphone volume. This setting is unavailable if you have enabled Automatically adjust microphone volume.
• Automatically adjust microphone volume: Adjust your microphone's volume automatically to ensure a consistent level, making it easier for other participants to hear you. If you are experiencing issues with your audio fading in and out, consider disabling this setting. If you enable this setting, the Input volume manual slider will be unavailable.
• Use specific audio input channels: Enabling this option allows you to select specific input channels instead of combining all inputs into a single channel. This feature is helpful for meeting and webinar presenters who manage their audio with hardware and software-based audio mixers, allowing them to specify which audio channels are used by the Zoom desktop app.

Microphone modes

By default, the Zoom app uses noise suppression and echo cancellation to improve the audio quality received by your microphone. In the Microphone modes section, you can adjust your microphone audio options based on your environment.

• Noise removal (default): This option automatically applies Zoom’s software audio processing to give the highest-quality sound for most users. This includes some background noise suppression and is suitable for most situations, but you can adjust the level of background noise suppression to suit your specific needs.
• Personalized audio isolation: Personalized audio isolation is recommended for use in crowded environments. It uses your voiceprint to optimize audio for voice clarity and suppress background noises in meetings.
  • (Optional) Click Create voice recording to make a short voiceprint recording of yourself reading a Zoom-provided script. The reference voiceprint recording will be analyzed by Zoom and used together with the automatic voiceprint to further enhance voice isolation in your meetings.
• Original sound for musicians: This option improves audio quality for music by capturing a fuller range of sound. This option is suitable for music lessons or performances, and noise suppression will be turned off.

Learn more about configuring microphone modes.

Audio profile

• Live performance audio: When performing live music in coordination with others in a meeting, it's essential to have an accurate sense of timing and harmony with your fellow musicians. The live performance audio mode aims to reduce the audio latency between all participants to ~30-50 ms. Enabling this setting will disable any microphone mode settings.

Headset

• Automatically sync headset buttons
• Sync buttons on AirPods (macOS only)

Advanced

Click Advanced to access advanced audio settings. 

Notifications & sounds

Adjust ringtones and manage your notification preferences.

Sounds

Volume

• Ringtone volume: Adjust the slider to set the ringtone volume, which applies to incoming meeting and phone calls.
• Call waiting volume: Adjust the slider to set the call waiting volume. This setting is available to users with a Zoom Phone license.

Ringtones

• In the Ringtones section, you can manage ringtones for various call types. Users with Zoom Phone can set distinctive ringtones for their call queue, shared line group, and shared line appearance (assistant) numbers through their audio settings. Click the drop-down menu and choose the ringtone for each type of call. To preview a ringtone, click the play icon .
• Custom contact ringtones: Click Manage to assign ringtones to specific contacts.

Notification sounds

• Play new chat message sound: When enabled, a sound is played each time you receive a new chat message.

Desktop notifications

Note: You must enable system notifications on your device to receive notifications in your system's desktop notification center.

Notification preferences

• Set “Do not disturb” hours: Automatically silence chat and call alerts during the selected hours.
• Hide incoming phone calls during meetings: When enabled, incoming phone call notifications are hidden during meetings.
• Hide chat notifications during meetings and calls: When enabled, chat notifications are hidden during meetings and calls.
• Open new chat window when selecting a push notification: If enabled, when you receive a push notification for a chat message and click on it, the chat will open in a new window instead of in the desktop app.
• Show message preview for chat notifications: When enabled, a preview of the chat is displayed in the notification. Enabling this setting overrides system preferences.
• Show desktop notifications until dismissed (Windows only): Notifications on your desktop remain visible until you clear them.
• Silence system notifications when sharing desktop (Windows only): Do not receive notifications on your desktop when you are screen sharing your desktop.

Set desktop notifications for

• Upcoming meetings: Upcoming meeting reminders notify you of upcoming meetings and enable you to join meetings more quickly. You can adjust the settings to send you a reminder notification at the event time, or 1, 2, 5, 10, or 15 minutes before the meeting.
• New recordings available: Receive a notification when a recording has finished processing and is available to view.
• New chat messages: Receive notifications for new chat messages. You can choose to receive notifications for All messages or for Direct messages, mentions, and replies only.
• Except these group chats and channels: Click Manage to adjust notification settings for specific group chats and channels.
• Keywords mentioned: Click Manage and then enter keywords to receive notifications when those specific keywords are mentioned. Use commas to separate each keyword you enter. Click Done to save.
• Contacts mentioned: Click Manage and then select the check box next to each contact that you always want to receive message notifications from. Click Save to apply your changes, or click Reset to restore the default settings.

Activity center notifications

Click Manage to customize which notifications you receive in your activity center on the Zoom Workplace app. You can manage notifications related to products available to you, such as Team Chat, Meetings, Phone, Whiteboards, Clips, and Tasks.

Contact Center

The following settings are available to users with a Zoom Contact Center license.

• Always play notification: Play sound notification for all unread messages.
• Mute during meetings and calls: Mute sound notifications only during Contact Center video or voice calls, Zoom meetings, and Zoom Phone calls.
• Always mute notifications: Mute sound notifications for all unread messages.

Meetings & webinars

On the Meetings & webinars tab, customize your join experience, in-meeting and in-webinar experience, and your leave experience.

Join experience

When joining meetings and webinars

• Show video preview first: If enabled, you can preview your video before you join. While previewing your video, you have the option to update video settings such as your virtual background and camera selection.
• Keep my camera off: Your camera will be off by default when you join. You will need to manually enable your video during the meeting if you want it to be on.
• Keep my microphone muted: Your microphone will be muted by default when you join.
• Automatically connect to computer audio: Automatically connect to computer audio by default when you join. This setting expedites the process of joining a new meeting or event, as you won't have to repeatedly authorize Zoom access to your computer's speaker and microphone for each meeting.
• Enter full screen automatically: When you join a meeting, the meeting window will automatically open in full-screen mode.
• Auto-open selected apps: Click Manage to enable or disable selected Zoom Apps when joining.

In-meeting and in-webinar experience

Display

• Meeting window view: Choose if you want your meeting window view to support a single window or dual monitors.
  • Single window with tabs: One window for video, with an option to pop out tabs for shared content.
  • Dual window: The dual window display feature allows the video layout and shared screen content in a meeting to be placed on two separate monitors or screens.
• Keep participant names visible: Display names are visible on each participant’s video tile.
• Show meeting timer: Enable a meeting duration timer that displays the amount of time elapsed since you joined the meeting. In supported meetings, you can also switch to the time remaining timer, which displays the remaining time based on the meeting's scheduled duration. Timers are only visible to you.
• Show participant profile pictures in chat: Profile pictures are displayed next to each participant in the in-meeting chat.

Controls

• Keep meeting controls visible: When enabled, the meeting/webinar controls toolbar remains visible. When disabled, the toolbar will automatically hide when not in use.
• Press and hold Space key to temporarily unmute: When enabled, you can press and hold the Space key to temporarily unmute yourself in a meeting.
• Play audio chime for mute/unmute: When you mute and unmute yourself, you’ll hear a chime. Only you can hear the chime.
• Automatically copy invite link to clipboard: After joining, automatically copy the invite link to your device clipboard. This allows you to quickly paste the meeting link somewhere for others to join, such as in a group chat or email.

My video

• Hide your own video from the video gallery: Your video will be hidden from the video gallery. This setting only impacts your own view.
• Show me as an active speaker when I talk: You’ll see yourself as an active speaker when you talk.
• Stop audio and video when computer locks: When your computer display is off, or your screen saver starts during an active meeting, Zoom will stop your audio and video if they are on.

Participant video

• Show non-video participants: If disabled, non-video participants are hidden, which can reduce the number of participants displayed on the screen and draw more attention to those with video on.
• Maximum participants per screen: Choose if you want to view up to 25 participants or 49 participants in gallery view.

Reactions
Note: You can adjust skin tone for reactions and emojis in the General tab.

• Show reactions above toolbar: Show your reactions and nonverbal feedback directly above the controls toolbar after selecting them.
• Animate emojis: When enabled and your video is on, you can use animated floating emojis in a meeting. They will appear on your video thumbnail.
• Use hand gestures to activate reactions: Activate gesture-based reactions by holding the corresponding hand gesture in front of the camera for 2 seconds. For example, you can raise your hand to activate the raised hand reaction  in Zoom.
• Play audio chime when someone has raised their hand: Play a sound when participants raise their hand.

Leave experience

• Ask me to confirm when leaving: When you leave a meeting or webinar, receive a confirmation pop-up before leaving.
• Keep my Zoom Apps open: Any Zoom Apps you open during meetings will remain open when the meeting ends.

Advanced

Click Advanced to access advanced meeting and video settings.

Advanced meeting

• Enable stop incoming video feature: Quickly stop all incoming video during a meeting. This is helpful when you need to preserve bandwidth for shared content, or want to avoid mental fatigue from viewing multiple, active video participants. When used, this will only affect your view of the meeting, while others in the meeting remain unaffected and unaware.
• Skip audio prompts in third-party meetings: Do not show audio prompts when joining a meeting with a third-party connection.
• Do not automatically end meetings after inactivity
• Reset meeting disclaimers: Click Reset to re-enable any in-meeting disclaimers that you previously hid by selecting “Do not show again”.

Advanced video

Learn more about advanced video and performance options.

Recording

On the Recording tab, you can view and update the default local recording storage location and manage other recording preferences, such as what’s shown in your recordings.

Local recording storage

View or change the default directory for computer recordings.

Cloud recording storage

Click Manage to access and manage your cloud recordings and transcripts in the Zoom web portal.

Recording preferences

Choose what specific details you want to be included in your recordings:

• Show participant names
• Include timestamp
• Record video during screen sharing: Include participant video thumbnails in the recording when screen sharing is active.
  • Show video and screen share side-by-side: Displays the shared screen with participant video thumbnails next to the shared content.

Advanced

Click Advanced to manage the following advanced recording features:

• Record separate participant audio files: Record separate audio files for up to 80 participants. For example, this allows you to have more customization options if you want to edit or apply filters to just one participant's audio to improve the audio quality of the recording. The audio of users who joined by phone will be merged into one audio file.
• Keep unconverted recording files for troubleshooting: Retain any unconverted recording files to help Zoom troubleshoot when there is a problem.
• Optimize for third-party video editors: Generate your cloud recording video files in a standard format compatible with third-party video editors.

Share screen

On the Share screen tab, edit settings related to screen sharing.

When others share

• Window size when viewing a shared screen: Choose how you want the meeting window to change when you are viewing shared content.
  • Maintain current size
  • Enter into fullscreen
• Scale-to-fit content: Automatically scale the shared screen to fit the size of the Zoom window.
• See shared content in side-by-side mode: View shared content directly to the left of participants’ videos.

When I share

• Windows shared from an application: Choose if you want to be able to select individual windows from an application when screen sharing, or if you want to show all windows from an application. For example, if you have a web browser with multiple tabs open, you can choose which specific tab to share if you have Choose individual windows enabled.
• Show green border around my shared content: When you’re sharing your screen, a green border is displayed around the edge of your screen when screen sharing a desktop/monitor to make it easier to identify which screen is being shared.
• Show my Zoom Workplace Application and meeting windows: When sharing your entire desktop, others will see your Zoom Workplace app or active meeting window if they are open. This is useful when you want to demonstrate actions in the desktop app to other participants. Learn more about showing Zoom windows during screen share.
  • You can also select the check box to Include sharing toolbar, annotation toolbar, and meeting notifications when you’re screen sharing.

Share button behavior

• Share button behavior in meetings:
  • Preview available content
  • Share entire desktop
• Share button behavior in Zoom Rooms:
  • Preview available content
  • Share entire desktop

Advanced

Click Advanced to manage advanced screen sharing settings.

Phone

If you have a Zoom Phone license, the Phone tab is where you can view your calling information, location, calling preferences, and more. Learn more about changing phone settings in the Zoom Workplace app.

Team Chat

On the Team Chat tab, you can customize the behavior of the Team Chat sidebar and manage preferences related to unread messages, link previews, and blocked users.

Left sidebar behavior

• Message grouping: Determine how you want to group messages in the left sidebar on Team Chat.
  • Combine all chats into the Recents folder
  • Separate chats, channels, and meeting chats
• When opening sections or folders: Select whether you want sections and folders to open one at a time or keep multiple sections and folders open simultaneously.
• Manage badge settings: Click Manage to customize how notification badges appear.
  • Manage tab badges: Choose when you receive notification badges in the left sidebar for direct messages (DMs), channels, meeting chats, shared spaces, apps, starred, and folders.
  • Manage individual chat badges: Choose if you want to view the unread count () for channels or meeting chats.
• Reset left sidebar to default: You can customize the order of items in the left sidebar. Click Reset to reset the order to its default settings.

Unread messages

• When viewing unread messages in a channel:
  • Start at the first unread: Select this option to go directly to the first unread message in the channel.
  • Start at the latest: Select this option if you want to view the most recent unread message in the channel.
• Move messages with new replies to the bottom of the chat: Messages that have newer replies in the thread will automatically move to the bottom of the chat.
• Read receipts: Indicate when others have seen your messages, for chats and channels with less than 20 members. Others will also see when you have viewed their messages. Learn more about read receipts for messages.

Spelling and grammar (macOS only)

Determine if you want Zoom to perform spelling and grammar checks in all message typing areas, and whether you want Zoom to correct your spelling automatically.

Chat preferences

• Bounce application icon when receiving a new message (macOS only): Click the drop-down menu to select between Once and Continuously.
• Show link preview: Insert a link preview with the page title, preview image, and description whenever your message contains a link.
• Blocked users: Click Manage to view and manage blocked users.

Message translation

• Preferred message translation language: Click the language drop-down to choose your preferred translation language.

Accessibility

On the Accessibility tab, you can adjust accessibility settings related to chat and video, closed captioning, and screen reader alerts.

Chat and Video

• Chat display size: Adjust the font display size for in-meeting chats and messages on Team Chat.
• Automatically dim video when flashing visual patterns are detected: When you enable video dimming in your personal settings, the Zoom app can recognize flashing and strobing effects in videos shared by others in a meeting or webinar, and automatically dim the incoming video. This feature helps reduce the impact of video effects on the viewer.
• Disable GIF Animations: Automatically disable GIF animations sent and received after this setting is enabled. If you disable GIF animations, you can still click to play or pause them as needed.

Closed captioning

Customize how captions are displayed for you in meetings and webinars. As you make adjustments, the preview will show what captions will look like.

• Font size: Adjust the slide to change the caption size from small to large.
• Caption color: Choose from the preset text and background color options.
• Font type: Choose a font type.
• Position: Choose if the captions are pinned to the bottom of the meeting window, or if they appear as a pop-out overlay that you can resize and move as needed.
• Always show captions in meetings and webinars: Automatically display captions when they are available, eliminating the need to enable them each time.

Screen reader alerts

Enable or disable screen reader alerts related to meeting actions, chats, and meeting permissions. Click Restore to restore to the default settings.

Keyboard shortcuts

On the Keyboard shortcuts tab, you can view the default keyboard shortcuts for commands on the Zoom Workplace app and edit shortcuts to fit your needs. Click Restore to revert any previous changes to shortcuts.

Statistics

The Statistics tab displays the amount of CPU and memory Zoom is currently utilizing. If you are in a meeting, it will display data such as latency and jitter, allowing you to assess your audio and video quality. The Statistics tab also displays Audio, Video, and Screen sharing data such as latency, jitter, packet loss, resolution, and frames per second. If you have a Zoom Phone license, you can view information about Register ID, Register server IP:Port, Network switch and Local network interface.

If you are experiencing issues with the Zoom desktop app, you can also submit problem reports with logs to Zoom Support or run a test meeting.

Learn more about statistics.

My account

On the My account tab, you can access quick links to the Zoom web portal to manage your account, view a list of devices and sessions where you’re logged in to your Zoom account, and set up smart recognition.

• Click your profile picture to adjust your current picture or change it.
• Edit my profile: Open the Zoom web portal to update your personal information, including your profile picture and name.
• View my subscription: Open the Zoom web portal and display your current paid plan and options to change it.
• View advanced features: Open the Zoom web portal to adjust settings not available in the app.

Smart recognition

With Smart recognition enabled, you can use Video recognition to upload an image of yourself to be used for smart video recognition features and Voice recognition to create a voice recording to be used for smart voice quality enhancement and voice recognition features in Zoom services. Learn more about the smart recognition feature.

Where you’re logged in

View and manage all of the devices and sessions where you’re logged in to your Zoom account, as well as sign out from individual or multiple devices and sessions at a time. Learn more about managing signed-in devices and sessions.

General

Data

• Manage storage: Clear your cache and chat files.

Advanced

• Hide sensitive information when switching tasks (iOS only): This option hides potentially sensitive information from the snapshot of the Zoom Workplace window when switching tasks.
• Diagnostic data viewer: Enable and view diagnostic data.

Notifications & sounds

Calls

• Ringtones: Set the ringtone volume, call waiting volume (available to users with a Zoom Phone license only), and ringtone for meetings, phone calls, and specific contacts. This setting does not sync with the desktop app setting for ringtones.
• Use callkit to receive calls when not on Zoom Workplace (iOS only): Answer meeting and phone calls through callkit, the iOS system-calling UI, when you are not on Zoom Workplace. These calls will be included in your device’s call history. You will not be able to use other recording apps when a call is in progress.

Set meeting notifications

• Upcoming meeting reminder: These reminders notify you of upcoming meetings and enable you to join them more quickly. You can adjust the settings to send you a reminder notification at the event time or choose the number of minutes before the meeting you want a reminder for.

Set docs notifications

Receive notifications for all docs messages related to shares, comments, and interactions with you, or disable all docs notifications.

Notify me about these messages

Receive notifications for new chat messages. You must enable notifications from Zoom on your device for these settings to appear.

• All messages: Get notified for all message activity.
• Direct messages, mentions, and replies: Includes all direct messages, group or personal mentions, and replies to you.
• Off: Turn off all chat notifications.

Set Team Chat notifications

You must enable notifications from Zoom on your device for these settings to appear.

• Disable when in meeting (iOS) or Disable notifications when in meeting (Android): Tap to disable Team Chat notifications while you're in meetings.
• Receive notifications for keywords: Tap then enter keywords to receive notifications when those specific keywords are mentioned. Use commas to separate each keyword you enter. Tap Save.
• Receive notifications for contacts: Tap Add contacts, then select each contact that you always want to receive message notifications from. Tap OK to apply your changes. To remove notifications from selected contacts, tap the X next to their name or tap Remove all to restore defaults.
• Manage group chats and channels: Tap to customize notifications for specific group chats and channels.

When to notify me of messages

• Always, even if I am active on desktop: Always receive notifications on your phone even if you are active on the desktop app.
• Only when I am not active on desktop: Only receive notifications on your phone if you are inactive on the desktop app.

Informational (Android only)

• Promotions: Get alerts about discounts, offers, and promotions for Zoom products and services
• Others: Stay informed about new product information, recommendations, and other messages.

How to notify me of messages

Specify your notification preference by sound or vibration when you receive a new message:

• In-app vibrate: Vibrate the device when a notification is displayed.
• In-app alert sound: Play a sound when a notification is displayed.

Scheduler

• Allow Scheduler notifications: Tap to receive notifications when Zoom Scheduler bookings are created, canceled, or rescheduled.

Video & effects

Video

• Aspect ratio: Select an aspect ratio when viewing participants' video. This setting doesn't affect your own video.
  • Scale to fit: Participants' video will be scaled to fit your phone's screen, causing video to be cropped.
  • Original ratio: Participants' video will be shown in their original aspect ratio. In other words, the aspect ratio of their video will be the same as what's displayed in the desktop app.
• HD video: Allows the Zoom app to send HD video from your built-in camera. Overall video quality is dependent on other factors.
• Mirror my video: Horizontally flip your video preview. It is useful if your camera flips your video by default, and only affects how you see your video.
• Advanced: Tap Advanced to manage advanced video settings:
  • Optimize quality of the video I send with de-noise (iOS only): Enables software-based noise removal to improve video quality.
  • Use hardware acceleration for receiving video: Use hardware video decoder of the graphics card to save CPU usage for receiving video.
  • Use hardware acceleration for sending video (iOS only): Use hardware video encoder of the graphics card to save CPU usage for sending video.
  • Video stabilization mode (iOS only): Capture smoother and less shaky videos. This feature may cause extra latency; it is recommended to only enable when you are moving or holding the phone by hand when your video is on in a meeting.

Appearance

• Touch up my appearance (iOS only): Enable and adjust the slider to apply a softening effect to your appearance, minimizing the visibility of imperfections.
• Portrait lighting: Enabling portrait lighting dims your background while brightening you in the foreground, making you stand out more when you’re on video.
• Background & effects: You can select a virtual background or upload a virtual background image. You can also apply video enhancements, such as video filters and avatars, to your video appearance.
• Keep virtual background for: Select if you want your virtual background to be used for All meetings or Current meeting only. Selecting Current meeting only will require you to enable virtual background each time you join a meeting.

Audio

Microphone modes

By default, the Zoom app uses noise suppression and echo cancellation to improve the audio quality received by your microphone. In the Microphone modes section, you can adjust your microphone audio options based on your environment.

• Noise removal (default): This option automatically applies Zoom’s software audio processing to give the highest-quality sound for most users. This includes some background noise suppression and is suitable for most situations.
• Original sound for musicians: This option improves audio quality for music by capturing a fuller range of sound. This option is suitable for music lessons or performances, and noise suppression will be turned off.
• Personalized audio isolation: Personalized audio isolation is recommended for use in crowded environments. It uses your voiceprint to optimize audio for voice clarity and suppress background noises in meetings. After enabling, review the pop-up, then click OK. Then click Start recording to make a short voiceprint recording of yourself reading a Zoom-provided script. The reference voiceprint recording will be analyzed by Zoom and used together with the automatic voiceprint to further enhance voice isolation in your meetings.

Learn more about configuring microphone modes.

Accessibility

• Dim screen share video: Tap the toggle to automatically dim video when flashing images or visual patterns are detected in a meeting or webinar.

Meetings

When joining meetings

• Turn off my video: Always turn off my video when joining a meeting. You will be able to start your video after joining the meeting.
• Mute my microphone: Always mute my microphone when joining a meeting. You can unmute if the host allows.
• Auto connect audio: Automatically connect to the audio using the internet when joining a meeting.
• Show video preview: Always show the video preview dialog when joining a video meeting.
• Mute and unmute sound (Android only): Audible only to you.
• Auto-call me for all scheduled meetings: When enabled, you will automatically receive a call that prompts you to join the scheduled meeting. This feature helps you join scheduled meetings on time. 

In-meeting experience

• Show my connected time: Enable a meeting duration timer that displays the amount of time elapsed since you joined the meeting. Timers are only visible to you.
• Show name when participants join
• Show non-video participants:  If disabled, non-video participants are hidden, which can reduce the number of participants displayed on the screen and draw more attention to those with video on.

In-meeting controls

• Always show meeting controls: Enable this option to keep the meeting controls toolbar visible during meetings. If disabled, the toolbar will hide after a few seconds, and you must tap the screen for the toolbar to appear.
• Always show closed captions: Automatically display captions when they are available.
• Enable safe driving mode: Allows you to swipe right while in a meeting to enter safe driving mode. You will need to tap your phone to speak, and your video will be off.
• Auto-copy invite link to clipboard: After joining, automatically copy the invite link to your device clipboard. This allows you to quickly paste the meeting link somewhere for others to join, such as in a group chat or email.

Reactions

• Reaction skin tone: Select the default skin tone when using chat emojis and meeting reactions.
• Animated reactions (iOS only)

When leaving meetings

• Ask to confirm when leaving a meeting: When you leave a meeting or webinar, receive a confirmation pop-up before leaving.

Zoom Rooms

• Zoom Rooms auto-detection: Use your device to find nearby Zoom Rooms using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. When enabled, this feature allows you to start meetings, open whiteboards, and launch apps directly from a Zoom Room.
• Show "Zoom Room" icon in the app: Display the Zoom Room icon in the mobile app, which allows you to start or join a meeting on the Zoom Room from the app. Choose if you want the icon to always show or only show when a nearby Zoom Room is detected. Learn more about connecting a Zoom Room to the mobile app.
• Device connection behavior when starting or transferring a meeting in the room: Select the connection method when starting or transferring a meeting in the Zoom Room:
  • Ask me every time
  • Automatically connect to Zoom Room
  • Don't connect to Zoom Room

Team Chat

Chat preferences

• Show link preview: Insert a link preview with the page title, preview image, and description whenever your message contains a link.
• Tap to record (Accessibility) (iOS only): Instead of holding down the record button, this option allows you to start audio messages with a single tap.
• Show message preview (Android only)

Unread messages

• Keep all unread messages on top: Move chats with unread messages to the top of your chats list.
• Show unread message count () for channels: Display the number of unread messages beside each channel.
• Show unread message count () for meeting chats: Display the number of unread messages beside each meeting chat.
• Move messages with new replies to the bottom of the chat: Messages that have newer replies in the thread will automatically move to the bottom of the chat.

When viewing unread messages in a channel

• Start at the first unread: Select this option to go directly to the first unread message in the channel.
• Start at the latest unread: Select this option if you want to view the most recent unread message in the channel.

Read receipts

• Send and receive read receipts: Indicate when others have seen your messages, for chats and channels with less than 20 members. Others will also see when you have viewed their messages. Learn more about read receipts for messages.

Message translation

• Preferred language: Tap to choose your preferred translation language.

Phone

If you have a Zoom Phone license, the Phone tab is where you can view your calling information, location, calling preferences, and more. Learn more about changing phone settings in the Zoom Workplace app.

Siri shortcuts (iOS only)

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

• Join the Next Meeting 
• View Today's Meetings 
• Start My Personal Meeting 

Tap to hotdesk

Sign in to a desk phone with tap to hotdesk.

Scan QR code

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

About

• Version: View the Zoom app version number.
• Send feedback: Send feedback to Zoom, including ideas, requests, or general comments.
• Report problem: If you're having problems with the Zoom mobile app, you can also submit problem reports with logs to Zoom Support.
• Zoom Client Healthcheck: Run a network or meeting test.
• Tell others about Zoom: Send an email or message to invite others to use Zoom.
• Rate Zoom Workplace in the App Store (iOS) or Google Play Store (Android): Open the app store to rate Zoom.
• Privacy Statement/Policy: View the Zoom Privacy Statement.
• Terms of Service: View the Zoom Terms of Service.
• Community Standards: View the Zoom Acceptable use guidelines.
• Open source software: View information about what Open Source software is used within Zoom.

Switch account

Tap to switch to another Zoom account.

Sign out

Tap to sign out of the current Zoom account.