Settings in Your Zoom App

To access settings in the Zoom desktop client:

Open your Zoom app, then click your profile picture then click Settings (sign in if needed). This will give you access to the following settings:

General

Change general settings for meetings and chat.

Start Zoom when I start Windows: Open and display the Zoom client when Windows starts.
- Silently start Zoom when I start Windows: Open the Zoom client when Windows start, but keep it minimized in the taskbar.
When closed, minimize window to notification area instead of task bar: Keep Zoom open in the taskbar notifications area when you close Zoom.
Use dual monitors: Place screen share content and video on separate screens while in a meeting.
Enter full screen automatically when starting or joining a meeting
Automatically copy invite link after the meeting starts
Always show meeting controls: Make the meeting controls visible at all times. If disabled, meeting controls will hide if your mouse pointer is inactive for a few seconds.
Ask me to confirm when I leave a meeting: Display a prompt to confirm if you want to leave the meeting after clicking Leave Meeting.
Show my connected time: Display the total time you have been in the current meeting.
Remind me __ minutes before my upcoming meetings: Display a notification at the specified time before your meetings start.
Stop my video and audio when my display is off or screen saver begins
Integrate Zoom with Outlook: This feature is not available for Fuller Faculty & Staff accounts.
Reaction Skin Tone: Select the default skin tone when using chat emoticons and meeting reactions.
View More Settings: Open the Zoom web portal to adjust settings not available in the Zoom client.

Video

View your video feed and change your camera.

Camera

Camera: Select the camera you want Zoom to use.
Video ratio: Select Original Ratio (usually a 4:3 aspect ratio) or HD (usually 16:9 aspect ratio)

My Video

Mirror my video: Horizontally flip your video. This option is useful if your camera flips your video by default.
Touch up my appearance: Apply a softening effect.
Adjust for low light: Improves video brightness and quality in low light surroundings.
Always display participants name on their video: Display participant's name overlayed on their video.
Turn off my video when joining a meeting: Automatically disable your video when joining a meeting.
Always show video preview dialog when joining a video meeting
Hide non-video participants: Hide participants' thumbnail if they don't have video enabled. Thumbnails for non-video participants display their name.
See myself as the active speaker while speaking: Place your video as the primary active speaker on your own screen when you speak.
Maximum participants displayed per screen in Gallery View:
Choose between 25 participants or 49 participants (if supported by your device)
Advanced: View advanced settings

Audio

Set your microphone and speaker, test them, adjust their volume, and change other settings.

Speaker: Click Test Speaker to play a test tone. Click the drop-down menu to select the speaker you want Zoom to use.
- Use separate audio device to play ringtone simultaneously: Select another device that will play the ringtone when you are invited to a Zoom meeting or receive a Zoom Phone call. This device will ring simultaneously with your selected speaker.
Microphone: Click Test Mic to record audio and play it back. Click the drop-down to select the mic you want Zoom to use.
- Automatically adjust microphone: Automatically make your microphone softer or louder as needed to normalize the volume and make it easier for other participants to hear you. If you are having issues with your audio fading in and out, you may want to turn this setting off.
Suppress background noise: Choose between Auto, Low, Medium, and High levels of noise suppression.
Show in-meeting option to “Turn On Original Sound”: Adds an in-meeting button to enable original sound.
- High fidelity music mode: Optimizes Zoom audio for highest quality music. Sampling rate is increased to 48kHz, CELT codec is enabled, and bit rates are increased to 96 Kbps for mono and 196 Kbps for stereo. It can increase CPU usage and consume greater network bandwidth, so a wired connection is strongly recommended for this.
- Disable echo cancellation: Disables Zoom echo cancellation algorithms. A headset and high quality microphone is strongly recommended with this option.
- Use stereo audio: Sends audio in stereo during your meetings and webinars, if your microphone can process audio in stereo.
Ringtones: Select a ringtone for incoming meeting invites and Zoom Phone calls. This setting doesn't sync with the identical mobile app setting.
Automatically join audio by computer when joining a meeting: Automatically join meetings with computer audio, instead of displaying a prompt to join.
Mute my microphone when joining a meeting
Do not prompt joining audio when I join a meeting using 3rd party audio
Press and hold SPACE key to temporarily unmute yourself: If you are muted in a meeting, allows you to unmute by pressing and holding the SPACE bar.
Sync buttons on headset: Allows the mute/mute function to be synced from your audio device to the Zoom desktop client. In other words, if you mute or unmute using a button on your audio device, the Zoom client will show your mic is muted or unmuted. Only enable this setting if you using a supported audio device.
Advanced: View advanced settings.

Share Screen

Change settings related to screen sharing.

Window size when screen sharing: Choose how you would like the meeting window to change when viewing shared content, Fullscreen mode, Maximize window, or Maintain current size.
Turn off Windows 7 Aero mode in screen sharing
Scale to fit shared content to Zoom window: Automatically scale the shared screen to fit the size of the Zoom window.
Show my Zoom windows to other participants when I am screen sharing: Display the Zoom client to other participants when you share your screen. By default, the Zoom client is hidden when you share your screen. The Show Zoom windows during screen share option on the Settings page in the web portal must be enabled before this will appear in the client.
Enable the remote control of all applications: Allow other participants to remotely control all applications during a remote control session.
Side-by-side mode: Display the shared screen and participants' video side by side.
Silence system notifications when sharing desktop: Temporarily disable all notifications to prevent distractions and interruptions during presentations.
Share applications:
- Share an individual window: Just share the selected window of the application.
- Share all windows from an application: Share all open windows of that application.
When I share my screen in a meeting: Choose the default behavior when sharing.
- Automatically share desktop
- Show all sharing options
When I share directly to a Zoom Room: Choose the default behavior when sharing to a Zoom Room.
- Automatically share desktop
- Show all sharing options
Advanced: View advanced settings.

Phone

Displays information relating to Zoom Phone if you have a Zoom Phone license.

Chat

Change settings related to Zoom chat, channel, and message notifications.

Chat Settings

Show Audio Message button: Display the Voice Message button on the chat box, allowing you to record and send voice messages.
Show Code Snippet button: Display the code snippet button on the chat box, allowing you to send code snippets.
Include link preview: Insert a link preview with the page title, preview image, and description whenever your message contains a link.
Change my status to "Away" when I am inactive for ___ minutes: Change your status to Away if your computer is inactive for the specified amount of minutes.
Left sidebar theme: Change the color of the chat sidebar.
Blocked users: Click Manage blocked users to view contacts you have blocked and remove them from the blocked list.

Unread Messages

Keep all unread messages on top: Keep chats with unread messages to the top of your chats list.
Show unread message badge for channels: Display the number of unread messages beside each chat.
Move messages with new replies to the bottom of the chat
When viewing unread messages in a channel:
- Start at the first unread
- Start at the latest

Push Notifications

Select if you want to receive notifications for:
- All messages
- Only private messages and mentions: Show notifications for private 1-on-1 chats and any time someone uses @(your name) in any channel (group chat).
- Nothing
With exceptions for: Set exceptions if you want specific channels to have different notification settings than the one your set above.
Receive notifications for: Set keywords you want to receive notifications for.
Notify me about new replies on messages I am following
Do not disturb from __ to __ : Set the time period when you do not want to receive notifications.
Play sound when I receive a new message: Audio notifications are played for messages
Mute notifications while I am in a meeting or internal call: Zoom notifications are temporarily paused when in a Zoom meeting or call.
Show notification banner on screen until dismissed
Show message preview (uncheck this option for privacy): Message contents partially shown in desktop notifications

Background & Filters

You can select a virtual background, select the color of the background (green screen) behind you, and upload a virtual background image. You can also apply video enhancements such as video filters or studio effects to your video appearance.

Recording

Select the location for your local recordings and view how much cloud recording space you have and how much is in use.

Store my recording at: Choose the default location to save recording files.
Note: Setting the default location to a cloud syncing folder (such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or One Drive), an external drive, or network storage device may cause issues with saving and converting the local recording. Zoom strongly recommends keeping the default location on a local drive for recordings.
Choose a location for recorded files when the meeting ends: When a recorded meeting ends, display a prompt asking where to save the recording files. If this is not enabled, recording files will be saved in the default location.
Record a separate audio file for each participant who speaks: Creates separate audio files for each participant, instead of one audio file with all participants' audio.
Optimize for 3rd party video editor: Ensure that the recording file is compatible with video editing software.
Add a timestamp to the recording: Embed the date and time while recording the meeting.
Record video during screen sharing: Continue to record participant's video during screen share sessions.
- Place video next to the shared screen in the recording: When recording locally during a screen share sessions, place participants' video and shared screen side-by-side in the recording.
Keep temporary recording files: Keep the original files to help Zoom troubleshoot when there is a problem with the recording

Profile

Edit My Profile: Open the Zoom web portal to change personal information like you profile picture and name.
View My Subscription: Open the Zoom web portal and display your current paid plan and options to change it.
View Advanced Features: Open the Zoom web portal to adjust settings not available in the client.

Statistics

Shows how much CPU and memory Zoom is currently using. If you are in a meeting, it will show data like latency and jitter so you can evaluate your audio and video quality. If having problems with the Zoom desktop client, you can also submit problem reports with logs to Zoom Support.

Feedback

Send Feedback to Zoom, including ideas, requests, or general comments.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Displays keyboard shortcuts you can use with Zoom.

Accessibility

You can change the font size for closed captioning and chat.

Closed Captioning: Click and drag slider to make closed captions font size smaller or larger.
Chat Display Size: Adjust the font size for in-meeting and IM chats.
Screen Reader Alerts: Enable or disable screen reader alerts.