Keyboard Shortcuts for Zoom Meetings
These keyboard shortcuts are different for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
- Windows
Hold Space bar: Temporarily mute/unmute yourself during a call Alt+A: Quickly mute/unmute yourself during a call Alt+M: Mute/Unmute except yourself during the call (host only) Alt+R: Start/Stop recording of the meeting Alt+S: Start/Stop screen sharing Alt+T: Pause/Resume screen sharing Alt+Shift+T: Take a screenshot Alt+V: Start/Stop Video Ctrl+: Show/Hide meeting controls
- Mac
Hold Space bar: Quickly mute/unmute yourself during a call ⌘+Shift+A: Quickly mute/unmute yourself during a call ⌘+Ctrl+M: Mute everyone except yourself during the call (host only) ⌘+Ctrl+U: Unmute everyone except yourself during the call (host only) ⌘+Shift+R: Start/Stop recording of the meeting ⌘+Shift+S: Start/Stop screen sharing ⌘+Shift+T: Pause/Resume screen sharing ⌘+T: Take a screenshot ⌘+Shift+V: Start/Stop Video Ctrl+: Show/Hide meeting controls
- Linux
Alt+A: Quickly mute/unmute yourself during a call Alt+M: Mute/Unmute except yourself during the call (host only) Alt+S: Start/Stop screen sharing Alt+T: Pause/Resume screen sharing Alt+Shift+T: Take a screenshot Alt+V: Start/Stop Video Ctrl+: Show/Hide meeting controls Alt+R: Start/Stop recording of the meeting
How to modify Zoom shortcuts Zoom doesn’t allow keyboard shortcut modifications. You can view all the shortcuts under Zoom Settings. To do that click on the gear icon at the top-right corner in the Zoom app. On the Settings menu tab, navigate to the Keyboard Shortcuts tab(Windows/Mac) or Accessibility(Linux) to view all the keyboard shortcuts.
Closing Words
Apart from these quick shortcuts, there a bunch of tips and tricks for Zoom that can help your manage or host Zoom meeting better. Zoom is not an entire collaborative or communication tool. Hence, it provides a lot of third-party app integration like Slack, Gmail, Google Calendar, etc. For more issues or queries regarding Zoom, let me know in the comments below Also Read: How to Auto Record Zoom Meetings
