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Suspend Zoom participant activities in a Zoom meeting

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If someone disrupts your meeting,  you can immediately suspend all participant activities and lock your meeting so no one else can join. If you can identify the disrupter, you can eject that participant from the meeting and the Zoom security team will be notified.

1. Click Host Tools in the navigation bar. The host tools will appear as either a pop-up or side panel in Zoom depending on the screen size.

2. In host tools, click Participants.

3. In Participants settings, click Suspend participant activities.

After you click Suspend, participants will not be able to share their webcam, use their microphone, chat, share their screen, or annotate. Additionally, the meeting recording with stop, the breakout rooms will be stopped, and your meeting will be locked so nobody else can join.

4. In the pop-up, click Suspend.

4.1. Optional: If you would like to report the incident to Zoom. Check the box next to "Report to Zoom" before clicking Suspend.

4.2. Fill out the incident details, including the name of the participant you would like removed from the meeting and a description of the incident situation. Once you are done, click Submit.

4.2.1. Optional: If you would like to include a desktop screenshot from the time of the incident, check the box next to "Include desktop screenshot" before submitting. You may view the screenshot by clicking View screenshot.

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