Participants video allows the meeting participant to start a meeting with video turned on. If the participant video is disabled, the meeting will start with the video turned off. Participants can change this setting during the meeting.

This article covers: 

• Participants video 
  • Account
  • Group
  • User

Prerequisites for enabling participants video

• Free account and above

How to enable or disable participants video 

Account

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. From the navigation panel, select Account Management then Account Settings.
3. Click the Meeting tab.
4. In the Schedule Meeting section, to enable Participants video, click the toggle. In the Enable "Participant video" popup window, click Enable. 
5. (Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all members of the entire account, click the lock icon and in the Lock "Participants video" pop-up window, click Lock.

Group

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. From the navigation panel, select User Management then Group Management.
3. Select the desired group.
4. Click the Meeting tab.
5. In the Schedule Meeting section, to enable Participants video, click the toggle. In the Enable "Participants video" popup window, click Enable. 
6. (Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all members of the group, click the lock icon  and in the Lock "Participants video" pop-up window, click Lock.

User

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. From the navigation panel, select Settings.
3. Click the Meeting tab.
4. In the Schedule Meeting section, to enable Participants video, click the toggle. 
   Note: If Participant video is disabled and locked,  contact your account administrator.