Pin or mute Google Meet participants

Select a participant from the "People" tab to mute or pin them.

How to use multi-pinning in Google Meet

Pin up to 6 tiles or presentations in Google Meet

Important:

You can't pin things in companion mode. Learn more about companion mode.
You can only pin things when you join with full audio and video.
If you use a sign language interpreter, pin the presentation and interpreter at the same time.
You can pin a participant, presentation, or up to 6 items in Google Meet.
Hosts and co-hosts can pin up to 3 tiles for other participants.

To pin:

Other meeting participants or presentations:
1. Hover over a tile you want to pin.
2. From the icons that appear, click Pin .
  - To pin for yourself, click For myself only.
  - To pin for everyone, click For everyone.
Participants or presentations not on the layout:
1. At the bottom right of the meeting, click People .
2. Next to the meeting participant or presentation, click More actions Pin to the screen .
  - To pin for your screen only, click For myself only.
  - To pin for everyone’s screen, click For everyone.
    - Tip: Only meeting hosts and co-hosts can pin for everyone.

When you pin the maximum number of participants and presentations, a prompt appears to notify you.

To unpin a participant or presentation that was pinned for your screen only:

Hover over the tile you want to unpin.
Click Unpin.

To unpin a tile or a presentation that was pinned for everyone:

Hover over a tile you want to unpin.
Click Unpin for everyone.
From the dialogue box that shows, click Unpin.

Learn how Moderated Pinning works

A Moderated Pin is any tile or presentation that a host pins for others in the meeting.

Only hosts and co-hosts can pin for everyone within the meeting.
Hosts and co-hosts can pin up to 3 tiles for other participants.
If a pinned participant leaves and rejoins the meeting, the hosts have to pin them again.
Hosts and co-hosts can only pin for others if they join the meeting via a desktop or laptop.
- For participants who join a meeting via a desktop, laptop, or a Google Meet meeting room, Moderated Pins will appear.
- For participants who join a meeting via the Google Meet app on an Android device or iPhone or iPad, Moderated Pins won't appear.
Hosts and co-hosts can’t pin for everyone when they use Companion mode or Live stream.
Hosts and co-hosts can’t pin Add Ons for others.
If a meeting guest already has up to 6 things pinned for themself, then anything pinned by the hosts will replace the tile most recently pinned by the meeting guest.
After the hosts pin a tile or presentation, participants can manually unpin it.

Pin from Google Meet Hardware

To pin:

Your meeting room: Next to the room, click Pin .
Participants, presentations, or rooms: Next to the meeting participant, presentation, or room, click Menu Pin .

Tip: If 3 items are already pinned, the option to pin is grayed out on additional tiles.

To unpin, click Menu Unpin .

Mute a participant’s microphone

If there is feedback or background noise in a meeting, you may want to mute other participant’s microphones.

Eligibility

Tip: The following applies when Host Management is turned off. When Host Management is on, only the the main host and co-hosts can mute other participants.

For meetings organized through a personal account, only the meeting moderator can mute other participants.

For meetings organized through a Google Workspace account, a participant from the domain that organized the meeting can mute another participant, if necessary.

For meetings 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.