Zoom Settings
- Bradley Parsons
Overview
You can use the Zoom Desktop Client and Mobile App to change some settings without logging in to the Zoom web portal.
Prerequisites
Zoom desktop client or mobile app
Windows:
To access settings in the Zoom client:
Sign in to Zoom.
Click your profile picture then click Settings.
This will open the settings window, giving you access to the following options:
General:
Change general settings for meetings and chat.
Start Zoom when I start Windows: Open and display the Zoom client when Windows starts.
Silently start Zoom when I start Windows: Open the Zoom client when Windows start, but keep it minimized in the taskbar.
When closed, minimize window to notification area instead of task bar: Keep Zoom open in the taskbar notifications area when you close Zoom.
Use dual monitors: Place screen share content and video on separate screens while in a meeting. Use Zoom to appear on both monitors. Learn more.
Enter full screen automatically when starting or joining a meeting
Automatically copy Invitation URL to Clipboard after the meeting starts
Ask me to confirm when I leave a meeting: Display a prompt to confirm if you want to leave the meeting after clicking Leave Meeting.
Show my connected time: Display the total time you have been in the current meeting. Learn more.
Remind me __ minutes before my upcoming meetings: Display a notification at the specified time before your meetings start.
Reaction Skin Tone: Select the default skin tone when using chat emoticons and meeting reactions.
Video
View your video feed and change your camera.
Camera
Camera: Select the camera you want Zoom to use.
Video ratio: Select 16:9 (Widescreen) or Original Ratio (usually a 4:3 aspect ratio).
My Video
Enable HD: Use HD video in your meetings.
Enable mirror effect: Horizontally flip your video. This option is useful if your camera flips your video by default.
Enable hardware acceleration: Use your computer's hardware to improve the performance of Zoom.
Touch up my appearance: Apply a softening effect to skin to minimize the visibility of imperfections. Learn more.
Meetings
Always Display participants name on their video: Display participant's name overlayed on their video.
Turn off my video when joining a meeting: Automatically disable your video when joining a meeting.
Hide Non-Video Participants - Hide participants' thumbnail if they don't have video enabled. Thumbnails for non-video participants display their name.
Spotlight my video when I speak: Place your video as the primary active speaker on your own screen when you speak. Learn more.
Advanced: View advanced settings.
Audio
Set your microphone and speaker, test them, adjust their volume, and change other settings.
Speaker: Click Test Speaker to play a test tone. Click the drop-down menu to select the speaker you want Zoom to use.
Microphone: Click Test Mic to record audio and play it back. Click the drop-down to select the mic you want Zoom to use.
Automatically adjust microphone: Automatically make your microphone softer or louder as needed to normalize the volume and make it easier for other participants to hear you. If you are having issues with your audio fading in and out, you may want to turn this setting off.
Use separate audio device to play ringtone: Select a another device that will play the ringtone when you are invited to a Zoom meeting or receive a Zoom Phone call. This device will ring simultaneously with your selected speaker.
Automatically join audio by computer when joining a meeting: Automatically join meetings with computer audio, instead of displaying a prompt to join.
Always mute microphone when joining a meeting
Do not prompt joining audio when I join a meeting using 3rd party audio
Enable Stereo: Send audio in stereo if you have a mic that supports stereo audio. Read more.
Allow option for using original sound from microphone in a meeting: Turn off Zoom's automatic adjustments designed to improve microphone quality, such as echo cancellation. If you have a microphone that applies these adjustments, you may want to turn this option off.
Press and hold SPACE key to temporarily unmute yourself: If you are muted in a meeting, allows you to unmute by pressing and holding the SPACE bar.
Sync buttons on headset: Allows the mute/mute function to be synced from your audio device to the Zoom desktop client. In other words, if you mute or unmute using a button on your audio device, the Zoom client will show your mic is muted or unmuted. Only enable this setting if you using a supported audio device.
Advanced: View advanced settings.
Share Screen
Change settings related to screen sharing.
Enter full screen automatically when a participant shares screen
Maximize Zoom window automatically when a participant share screen: Maximize the size of the Zoom client, but does not enter full-screen mode.
Scale to fit shared content to Zoom window: Automatically scale the shared screen to fit the size of the Zoom window.
Share Zoom windows in desktop sharing: Display the Zoom client to other participants when you share your screen. By default, the Zoom client is hidden when you share your screen.
Enable the remote control of all applications: Allow other participants to remotely control all applications during a remote control session.
Side-by-side mode: Display the shared screen and participants' video side by side. Learn more.
Advanced: View advanced settings.
Phone
Displays information relating to Zoom Phone if you have a Zoom Phone license. Learn more.
Chat
Change settings related to Zoom chat, channel, and message notifications.
Chat Settings
Show Code Snippet button: Display the code snippet button on the chat box, allowing you to send code snippets. Learn more.
Include Link Preview: Insert a link preview with the page title, preview image, and description whenever your message contains a link.
Show my status as Away when I am inactive for _ minutes: Change your status to Away if your computer is inactive for the specified amount of minutes.
Left side bar theme: Change the color of the chat sidebar.
Blocked users: Click Manage blocked users to view contacts you have blocked and remove them from the blocked list.
Unread Messages
Keep all unread messages on top: Keep chats with unread messages to the top of your chats list.
Show unread message badge for channels: Display the number of unread messages beside each chat.
Push Notifications
Select if you want to receive notifications for:
All messages
Only private messages and mentions: Show notifications for private 1-on-1 chats and any time someone uses @(your name) in any channel (group chat).
Nothing
Receive notifications for: Set keywords you want to receive notifications for.
With exceptions for: Set exceptions if you want specific channels to have different notification settings than the one your set above.
Do not disturb from __ to __ : Set the time period when you do not want to receive notifications.
Play sound when I receive a chat message
Mute notifications while I am in a meeting or on a call
Virtual Background
You can select a virtual background, select the color of the background (green screen) behind you, and upload a virtual background image. Learn more.
Recording
Select the location for your local recordings and view how much cloud recording space you have and how much is in use.
Local Recording
Location: Choose the default location to save recording files.
Note: Setting the default location to a cloud syncing folder (such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or One Drive), an external drive, or network storage device may cause issues with saving and converting the local recording. Zoom strongly recommends keeping the default location on a local drive for recordings.Choose a location for recorded files when meeting ends: When a recorded meeting ends, display a prompt asking where to save the recording files. If this is not enabled, recording files will be saved in the default location.
Record a separate audio file for each participant who speaks: Creates separate audio files for each participant, instead of one audio file with all participants' audio.
Optimize for 3rd party video editor: Ensure that the recording file is compatible with video editing software.
Add a timestamp to the recording: Embed the date and time while recording the meeting.
Record video during screen sharing: Continue to record participant's video during screen share sessions.
Place video next to the shared screen in the recording: When recording during a screen share sessions, place participants' video and shared screen side-by-side in the recording.
Learn more about local recording.
Cloud Recording
Click Manage my cloud recording to open the Zoom web portal and adjust settings for cloud recording.
Advanced Features
View Advanced Features: Open the Zoom web portal to adjust settings not available in the client.
Edit My Profile: Open the Zoom web portal to change personal information like you profile picture and name.
Change My Subscription: Open the Zoom web portal and display your current paid plan and options to change it.
Statistics
Shows how much CPU and memory Zoom is currently using. If you are in a meeting, it will show data like latency and jitter so you can evaluate your audio and video quality.
Feedback
Send Feedback to Zoom, including ideas, requests or general comments.
Accessibility
You can change the font size for closed caption and view keyboard shortcuts you can use with Zoom.
Closed Caption Font Size - Click and drag slider to make closed captions smaller or larger.
Always show meeting controls: Make the meeting controls visible at all times. If disabled, meeting controls will hide if your mouse pointer is inactive for a few seconds.
Keyboard Shortcuts: Displays keyboard shortcuts you can use with Zoom.
Mac:
IOS (Iphone):