Muting your microphone when joining a meeting in zoom App
If you enable Mute my microphone when joining a meeting, you can choose to mute your microphone by default when you join a meeting. By enabling this setting, your microphone will be disabled/muted upon joining each meeting, and you must manually unmute the microphone.
If participants are in a noisy environment or arrive late to a meeting, this setting is useful. Noise and disruptions can be reduced in this setting.
When joining meetings, your microphone will automatically be muted if the following requirements are met
- Zoom desktop client
- Windows: 5.0.0 or higher
- macOS: 5.0.0 or higher
- Linux: 5.0.0 or higher
- Zoom mobile app
- Android: 5.0.0 or higher
- iOS: 5.0.0 or higher
How to enable Mute my microphone when joining a meeting
Windows | macOS
Disable audio by default
When joining a meeting, I want to mute my microphone.
- Log in to Zoom on your computer.
- Go to Settings by clicking your profile picture.
- Select Audio.
- Tick the box that says Mute my microphone when joining a meeting.
Disable video or audio by default when joining a meeting
By selecting the following options after clicking Join, you can also disable audio and video.
When joining a meeting, you should disable audio and video:
- Join a Zoom meeting by logging into the desktop client.
- Uncheck the Do not connect to audio checkbox.
- If you want to disable your video, select the Turn off my video check box.
- Select Join.
Android | iOS
Disable audio by default
You can enable Always Mute My Microphone (Android) or Mute My Microphone (iOS) by following these steps:
- Log in to the Zoom app on your mobile device.
- Tap Settings at the bottom of the screen.
- Select Meetings.
- On Android, tap Always Mute My Microphone. On iOS, tap Mute My Microphone.
Disable video or audio by default when joining a meeting
By selecting the following options after clicking Join, you can also disable audio and video.
When joining a meeting, you should disable audio and video:
- Join a Zoom meeting by logging into the Zoom mobile app.
- Then select Don’t Connect To Audio from the Join Options menu.
- Disable your video by tapping the Turn Off My Video toggle (optional).
- Press the Join button.