Identifying guests in the meeting/webinar

The Identifying guest participants in the meeting/webinar feature allows you and participants who belong to your account to see that a guest is participating in the meeting/webinar. A guest is identified as someone who is not signed in to a Zoom account or is signed with an email address that is not in the same account as the host.

Note: The guest does not see they are listed as a guest when using this feature.

Requirements for enabling the setting to identify guest participants

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How to enable identify guest participants in the meeting/webinar

Account

To enable or disable Identify guest participants in the meeting/webinar for all users in the account:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin with the privilege to edit account settings.
  2. In the navigation menu, click Account Management then Account Settings.
  3. Click the Meeting tab.
  4. Under In Meeting (Advanced), click the Identify guest participants in the meeting/webinar toggle to enable or disable it.
  5. If a verification dialog box appears, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
  6. (Optional) To prevent all users in your account from changing this setting, click the lock icon , and then click Lock to confirm the setting.

Group

To enable or disable Identify guest participants in the meeting/webinar for a group of users:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin with the privilege to edit groups.
  2. In the navigation menu, click User Management then Groups.
  3. Click the applicable group name from the list.
  4. Click the Meeting tab.
  5. Under In Meeting (Advanced), click the Identify guest participants in the meeting/webinar toggle to enable or disable it.
  6. If a verification dialog box appears, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
    Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at the account level and needs to be changed at that level.
  7. (Optional) To prevent all users in the group from changing this setting, click the lock icon , and then click Lock to confirm the setting.

User

To enable or disable Identify guest participants in the meeting/webinar for your own use:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
  2. In the navigation menu, click Settings.
  3. Click the Meeting tab.
  4. Under In Meeting (Advanced), click the Identify guest participants in the meeting/webinar toggle to enable or disable it.
  5. If a verification dialog box appears, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
    Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at either the group or account level. You need to contact your Zoom admin.

How to identify a guest participant while in a meeting or webinar

  1. Join the meeting as a host or participant.
  2. Click Participants in the meeting controls.
    Guest participants will be identified with their names and the word Guest in parenthesis.