Enabling or disabling Zoom Slides

Enabling the Zoom Slides feature allows users to create, edit, and deliver compelling presentations. By default, Zoom Slides is enabled for most accounts, but account owners and administrators can enable or disable it for certain users or user groups, or for the entire account.

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How to enable or disable Zoom Slides

Enable or disable Zoom Slides for the entire account

This setting allows account owners or admins to enable or disable Zoom Slides 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 top-right corner, click your profile picture or initials, then click  Admin Center .
  3. In the side menu, click  Settings  .
  4. Click  Slides.
  5. Under the Enable Zoom Slides section, click the Allow users to use Zoom Slides toggle to enable or disable the option.
  6. If a verification dialog appears, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
  7. (Optional) To prevent all users in your account from changing these settings, click the lock icon , and then click  Lock to confirm the setting.

Enable or disable Zoom Slides for a group of users

This setting allows account owners or admins to enable or disable Zoom Slides for a specific group of users. Changes apply only to users in the selected group.

  1. Sign in to the  Zoom web portal as an admin with the privilege to edit groups.
  2. In the top-right corner, click your profile picture or initials, then click  Admin Center .
  3. In the side menu, click  Users  .
  4. Click  Groups.
  5. Click the applicable group name from the list.
  6. In the General configuration section, click  Edit product settings .
  7. Click the Slides tab.
  8. Under the Enable Zoom Slides section, click the Allow users to use Zoom Slides toggle to enable or disable the option.
  9. If a verification dialog 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. 
  10. (Optional) To prevent all users in the group from changing these settings, click the lock icon , and then click  Lock to confirm the setting.

Enable or disable Zoom Slides for your personal account

This setting allows individual users to enable or disable Zoom Slides for their personal account. You do not need admin permissions to change the setting, unless it is locked by an admin for the entire account or a group of users.

  1. Sign in to the  Zoom web portal.
  2. In the top-right corner, click your profile picture or initials, then click  My account .
  3. In the side menu, click  Settings  .
  4. Click  Slides.
  5. Under the Enable Zoom Slides section, click the Allow users to use Zoom Slides toggle to enable or disable the option.
  6. If a verification dialog 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 cannot change it yourself and must contact your Zoom admin.