Quick summary
Hosts can mute all participants in a Zoom meeting in seconds using the Participants panel. This guide walks through every click needed to silence all microphones and prevent attendees from unmuting themselves.
Steps
- Go to the menu bar, then click Participants.
- Click Mute All to silence every participant in the meeting.
- Uncheck the tick box next to Allow Participants to Unmute Themselves to prevent attendees from re-enabling their microphones.
- Tap Continue to confirm your mute settings.
- The Zoom meeting is now fully silenced with all microphones muted.



