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They are useful in managing the bigger lecture groups, make meetings like an event webinar and also to prevent "Zoom Bombers" from taking over the your stage.

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Prevent participants from unmuting themselves

  1. In the host controls, click on Manage Participants and click More.
  2. Check the "Mute Participants on Entry".
  3. Uncheck the "Allow participants to unmute themselves".

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  • Please update your Zoom Client to the latest version first.
  • In the host controls, click on Security Button.
  • Under Allow Participants to:
    • Un-Tick Share Screen.
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Prevent participants from Chat with other participants

Please update your Zoom Client to the latest version first.

Security Button options

Please update your desktop Zoom Client to the latest version first.

  • Once you have started the Zoom meeting, click on Security Button.

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  • Select/unselect the relevant options. What each option does:
    1. Lock Meeting
      1. Check to lock the meeting, prevent new participants from joining the meeting.
      2. Uncheck to unlock the meeting, and allow participants to join the meeting.

    2. Enable Waiting Room
      1. Check to enable Waiting Room to hold incoming new participants or to move current participants into the Waiting Room.
      2. Uncheck to disable Waiting Room, and allow participants to join the meeting room directly.

    3. Hide Profile Pictures
      1. Check to hide Profile Pictures of participants from being displayed to other participants.
      2. Uncheck to allow Profile Pictures of participants to be displayed to other participants.

    4. Share Screen
      1. Check to allow participants to start share screen.
      2. Uncheck to only allow host(s) to share screen.

    5. Chat
      1. Check to allow participant to use the text chat functions. You can add restriction so participants to only chat with Host(s) in Chat Panel.
      2. Uncheck to prevent participant from using the text chat function.

    6. Rename themselves
      1. Check to allow participant to rename themselves.
      2. Uncheck to prevent participant from renaming themselves.
    7. Unmute themselves
      1. Check to allow participant to rename themselves.
      2. Uncheck to prevent participant from renaming themselves.
    8. Start Video
      1. Check to allow participant to start sending their webcam video
      1. Uncheck to prevent participant from sending their webcam video

    9. Suspend Participant Activities
      All video, audio, in-meeting chat, annotation, screen sharing, and recording during that time will stop, and Breakout Rooms will end.


Allow Participants to Chat with Host(s) only

In the host controls, click on Security Button.

  • Under Check Allow Participants to Chat:Un-Tick Chat.
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Other chat option is available in the Zoom Group Chat panelIn the host controls, click on Chat Button.

  • You may want to control who attendees can chat with:
    1. No one: Disable the text chat.
    2. Host only: Allows them to ONLY chat with Host and Co-Hosts.
    3. Everyone publicly: Allows them to ONLY chat publicly. No private chat.
    4. Everyone publicly and privately: The default option. Allows them to chat publicly and privately.

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