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
- Account owner or admin privileges
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:
- Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin with the privilege to edit account settings.
- In the navigation menu, click Account Management then Account Settings.
- Click the Meeting tab.
- Under In Meeting (Advanced), click the Identify guest participants in the meeting/webinar toggle to enable or disable it.
- If a verification dialog box appears, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
- (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:
- Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin with the privilege to edit groups.
- In the navigation menu, click User Management then Groups.
- Click the applicable group name from the list.
- Click the Meeting tab.
- Under In Meeting (Advanced), click the Identify guest participants in the meeting/webinar toggle to enable or disable it.
- 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. - (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:
- Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
- In the navigation menu, click Settings.
- Click the Meeting tab.
- Under In Meeting (Advanced), click the Identify guest participants in the meeting/webinar toggle to enable or disable it.
- 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
- Join the meeting as a host or participant.
- Click Participants in the meeting controls.
Guest participants will be identified with their names and the word Guest in parenthesis.