Zoom allows you to mute yourself or disable your microphone in meetings. In this article, we’ll cover how you can mute yourself or disable your microphone in Zoom on your PC, Mac, iPad, or mobile device. ..

1. Mute Yourself With the Zoom Toolbar

Zoom is a great tool for controlling audio and video content on your computer and mobile devices. The process is essentially the same, so you can mute yourself with just a few clicks.

To mute yourself on Zoom, go to the “Settings” tab on your account and uncheck the “Mute myself when I’m in a meeting” box. ..

If you’re using a mouse, hover your mouse over the Zoom window to see it. If you’re using a phone, tap the screen to see it.

If you want to turn your audio off so that you can’t hear anything, use the loudspeaker icon at the top-left of the screen.

2. Mute Yourself Using Zoom Keyboard Shortcuts

There are several helpful Zoom keyboard shortcuts on both Mac and PC. To mute yourself on Windows 10, press Alt + A. To mute audio on a Mac, press Shift + Command + A.

There are plenty of other useful shortcuts and tips to use in Zoom, including shortcuts that mute participants (rather than clicking Mute All or Unmute All in the participants window).

3. Enable Auto-Mute When Joining Zoom Meetings

Zoom has a dedicated setting to allow users to join meetings muted so that they don’t cause unnecessary interruptions.

  1. Open the Zoom app on your computer or Mac.

  2. Click on the three lines in the top left corner of the main screen.

  3. Choose “Mute.”

  4. Make sure your phone is muted when you join a meeting on your phone. This will help keep you from being heard by other people in the room.

4. Disable Your Microphone

To disable your microphone in Zoom, go to the system settings on your computer or Mac. If you’re using Android or iOS, you could try not allowing your Zoom app microphone permissions when the pop-up appears. ..

  1. Open the Start menu and type “mic” and hit enter.

  2. In the resulting window, select “mic” from the list and click on it.

  3. The “mic properties” window will open.

  4. In the " mic type" field, select “microphone.”

  5. Click on the " enable microphone" button to enable your microphone on Windows.

  6. Open System Preferences.

  7. Click on the “Sound” tab.

  8. Under the “Microphone” heading, uncheck the box next to “Enable microphone.” ..

5. Suppress Background Noises

Zoom’s background noise suppression function can help reduce the amount of background noise in a busy or loud environment, which can help make you look more professional. ..

  1. Open the Control Panel.
  2. Click on the System and Security category.
  3. Under System and Security, click on the Administrative Tools tab.
  4. In the Administrative Tools window, click on Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options.
  5. In the Security Options window, under User Rights Assignment, click on Add User or Group and then select Local Account from the list of options that appears.
  6. In the Select User or Group dialog box, type Administrator and then click OK to add Administrator to the list of users or groups who have local account rights in Windows 10 . ..

Some people have reported that turning the microphone off “fixes” the issue. ..

Radio Silence

Muting yourself in the Zoom app is a great way to be sure that no sound is going through, but it can be easy to accidentally unmute yourself. To disable your microphone in the computer audio settings, follow this guide. This way, you can be sure that no sound is going through!