By enabling the Mute my microphone when joining a meeting option, you can give the meeting participant the option to mute their microphone by default when joining a meeting. You must manually enable the audio to unmute your microphone when you join a meeting with the option enabled. Once this setting is enabled, your microphone will be disabled/muted upon joining. I would recommend using this setting if you participate in a meeting in a loud environment or if you join a meeting late. Setting up this option can prevent noise and disruptions during meetings.

Prerequisites for automatically muting your microphone when joining meetings

• This is the desktop client for Zoom
  • for Windows, version 5.0.0 or later
  • on Mac OS, version 5.0.0 or later
  • for Linux: 5.0.0 or later
• The Zoom mobile application
  • runs on Android 5.0.0 and later
  • as well as on iOS 5.0.0 or later

How to enable Mute my microphone when joining a meeting

Windows | macOS

Disable audio by default

When joining a meeting, I would like to be able to Mute my microphone:

1. Access the Zoom desktop client by logging in with your Zoom account.
2. Once you are in the Zoom client, click on the Settings tab.
3. Select the Audio option.
4. Make sure that the checkbox for Mute my microphone when joining a meeting is selected.

Disable video or audio by default when joining a meeting

By clicking the Join button, you can also turn off the audio or video before joining a meeting. To do so, follow the instructions below.

Before joining a meeting, you will need to disable audio and video:

1. Join a Zoom meeting by logging in to the Zoom desktop client.
2. In the audio connection section, click the box that reads Do not connect to audio.
3. You have the option of disabling your video by checking the Turn off my video box if you want to do so.
4. Click the Join button.

Android | iOS

Disable audio by default

The following procedure must be followed to enable Always Mute My Microphone (Android) or Mute My Microphone (iOS):

1. Join the Zoom mobile app by signing in with your Zoom account.
2. Tap the Settings tab at the bottom of the screen.
3. Select Meetings from the list.
4. For Apple users the toggle will be on Mute My Microphone (Android) , and for Android users it will be Always Muted.

Disable video or audio by default when joining a meeting

By clicking the Join button, you can also turn off the audio or video before joining a meeting. To do so, follow the instructions below.

Before joining a meeting, you will need to disable audio and video:

1. Join a Zoom meeting by signing in to the Zoom mobile app.
2. Tap the Don’t Connect To Audio function under the Join Options option on the Zoom mobile app.
3. Tap the Turn Off My Video toggle to turn off your video. (Optional) Tap the off toggle to turn off your video.
4. After that, tap Join.