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How to enable or disable Zoom audio notifications

When someone comes to your door – not a virtual door, your real door – and wants your attention, they usually ring the doorbell. Zoom has a feature that's kind of like this:it notifies you with a loud "ding dong" when someone enters your meeting. This can be useful if you're waiting for a friend to show up for a Zoom meeting and you're playing with your dog or dusting the bookshelf in the meantime. It can also be annoying if you're in a meeting with ten or more people and you hear a "ding dong" sound every time someone enters or leaves the meeting.

So if you want to enable or disable this notification, here's how.

How to enable or disable Zoom audio notifications

  • If you are in the Zoom application, click on your personal icon (usually in the upper right corner). Select "Settings". Scroll down to the bottom of the Settings page and click on “Show more settings”. This will open Zoom's browser-based Settings page.
  • You can also sign in to Zoom using your browser instead of the app and click "Settings" in the left column.
  • Click "In Meeting (Basic)" in the left column and scroll down until you see "Sound notification when someone joins or leaves". You can now enable or disable the feature.

If the feature is enabled, you will have the option to play audio for everyone who joins or leaves your meeting, or for hosts and co-hosts only. You can also have Zoom record the voice of someone joining by phone to use as a notification.