Pin a participant
To view one specific participant, pin them to your screen.
- Point to a person’s image
click Pin
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- At the bottom right, click People
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- Next to a participant’s name, click More actions
Pin to screen
- Next to a participant’s name, click More actions
click Pin 
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Pin to screen Mute a participant’s microphone
If there is feedback or background noise in a video call, you may want to mute other participant’s microphones.
Eligibility
For video calls organized through a personal account, only the video call moderator can mute other participants.
For video calls organized through a Google Workspace account, a participant from the domain that organized the meeting can mute another participant, if necessary.
For video calls organized through an Education account, only meeting creators, calendar event owners, or people who set up a meeting in an in-room hardware device can mute other participants.- Point to a person’s image > click Mute
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- At the bottom right, click People
- Next to a participant's name, click Mute
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- Next to a participant's name, click Mute
Tip: For privacy reasons, you cannot unmute another person. Ask the participant to unmute their audio. To mute or unmute yourself, click Mute .
Mute all participants
Important: Mute all participants is only available for Education accounts.
Meeting creators and calendar event owners can mute all participants at the same time. Participants can unmute themselves after they’ve been muted.
- At the bottom right, click People
Mute all
Mute all Dial-in participants
For video calls organized by Google Workspace users only.
- Phone participants always press *6 to mute or unmute their phone.
- If someone else mutes you, you can only unmute using *6.
