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Move someone from a Zoom meeting into a waiting room

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1. In your Zoom meeting, click Participants.

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2. A side bar will open to the right.  The side bar has a list of all the participants.

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3. Hover over the name of the participant that needs to be moved to the waiting room. Three dots will appear next to the name. Click the three dots.

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4. When a new menu appears, click on Put in waiting room.

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5. Participants in the Waiting room will appear above the Zoom meeting participant list.

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6. Participants will remain in the waiting room until they are admitted into the meeting, removed from the meeting, or the participants leaves the Zoom.

6.1. If you would like to admit the participant back into the meeting, hover over the participants name until the Admit button appears. Then, click Admit.

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6.2. If you would like to remove the participant back into the meeting, hover over the participants name until the Remove button appears. Then, click Remove.

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