Select a participant from the filmstrip to mute, pin, or remove the person.
Pin a participant
To only view one specific participant, pin them to your screen.
Once in a video call, to pin a participant:
- Tap and hold a person’s icon
tap pin
.
Tap the People tab select a participant to pin.
Remove a participant
Meetings organized through a Google Workspace account: A participant from the domain that organized the video meeting can remove another participant, if necessary.
Meetings organized through a personal Google account: Only the event moderator can remotely remove another participant.
In a video meeting, click the Back arrow point to the person,
click Remove
.
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. For video calls organized through a personal account, only the video call moderator can mute other participants.
Once in a video call:
To mute other people, on the People tab, select the person and tap Mute .
Important: If you don’t see the People tab, long press/tap a participant’s thumbnail, tap .
Tip: For privacy reasons, you cannot unmute another person. Ask the participant to unmute their audio. To mute or unmute yourself, tap Mute .
Dial-in participants
Applicable 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.