Present during a video meeting

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You can present your entire screen or a specific window in a meeting to share documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and more. Want to give more interactive and engaging presentations? Check out these 10 Google Workspace tips for great presentations. Note: Allow notifications when prompted. The notifications tell you when your screen is visible. What you can present: Train new employees remotely. Get clients up to speed with project ideas. Hold virtual conferences or classes. For details, see Hold large remote events. Share your meeting notes, projects, roadmaps, and research with international stakeholders. Brainstorm and edit proposals with remote team members.

Share and present during a video meeting

Present during a meeting

1. Join a video meeting.
2. On the bottom, select Present now  .
3. Select Your entire screen, A window, or A tab.
   • If you present a Chrome tab, it shares that tab's audio by default.
   • To present a different tab, select the tab you want to present, click Share this tab instead.
4. Select Share.

If your camera is turned on, your video is active while you're presenting.

Stop presenting

• In the Meet window, click Stop Presenting.
• On the bottom , you can also click You are presenting Stop presenting.

Present if someone else is already presenting

1. On the bottom, click Present now.
2. Select Your entire screen, A window, or Chrome Tab.
3. Select Present instead.

Tip: You can present your screen during someone else's presentation. If you start to present, their presentation will pause.

Join only to present

When you join to present, only your computer's window or application is displayed in the meeting. No audio or other video is sent or received.

1. Go to https://meet.google.com/.
2. Select the scheduled meeting, or click Join or start a Meeting.
3. Enter a meeting code.
4. Click Present.
5. Select a window or application.
6. Select Share.

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Prevent participants from sharing their screen

Meeting organizers can stop participants from sharing their screen. If you turn presentations off in recurring meetings or meetings that use the same meeting code, the setting will be saved for the next scheduled meeting. If you turn presentations off in a one-time, nicknamed, or instant meeting, the presentation setting will turn on after the meeting ends. 

To turn screen share on or off:

1. Join a Meet video call.
2. On the bottom, click Host controls .
3. Turn Share their screen on or off.

Tip: If you can't turn the setting on or off, you might need to turn off a Chrome extension for Meet. Learn how to install and manage extensions.