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Recommended Zoom screen share default settings

Please use these recommended screen sharing settings for your Zoom meetings to reduce “Zoombombing.”

Step 1. Sign into the . (This must be done through the main Â鶹ӳ»­ Zoom web page).

Step 2. Click on Settings on the left-hand menu.

Screen clipping of the Screen sharing meeting options located under Settings>In Meeting (Basic). The Screen sharing option is enabled; Who can share is set to “Host Only”; The Disable desktop/screen share for users option is disabled; The Annotation option is disabled; The Whiteboard option is disabled.
[Figure 1] Screen clipping of the Screen sharing meeting options located under “Settings>In Meeting (Basic)”. The Screen sharing option is enabled; Who can share is set to “Host Only”; The Disable desktop/screen share for users option is disabled; The Annotation option is disabled; The Whiteboard option is disabled.

Step 3. Scroll down to the Screen sharing options and make the following selections:

  • Screen sharing: ON
    • Who can share?: Host Only (With this selection you will be able to manually activate screen sharing for participants in a live Zoom call.)
  • Disable desktop/screen share for users: OFF (If you need to allow screen sharing during your Zoom meeting, you can change settings in the live meeting to allow screen sharing).
  • Annotation: OFF (NOTE: Annotation cannot be activated in a live meeting if it is disabled in Settings; This feature can be used by “Zoombombers” to interrupt a meeting.)
  • Whiteboard: OFF (NOTE: Participant Whiteboard cannot be activated in a live meeting if it is disabled in Settings; This feature can be used by “Zoombombers” to interrupt a meeting.)