Keyboard Shortcuts for Zoom Online Conferencing

Working from home a lot more means a lot more online meetings. Zoom is one of the more popular platforms for online meetings (no affiliation to us…just coincidence). Since many of us are using Zoom for online meetings, I thought it might be helpful to share some shortcuts.

Check them out below.

And let me know if you are using a different app like Teams or Skype.

Hope it helps!

Keyboard Shortcuts and Hot Keys

Mute/unmute your audio: One of my favorites, especially if the dog is barking.
Win: Alt+A
Mac: Command(⌘)+Shift+A

Mute/unmute everyone’s audio: Sometimes someone on the call is busy typing or their dog is barking. If you’re the host, you can quiet things down.
Mute everyone (except for the host).
Win: Alt+M
Mac: Command(⌘)+Control+M

Unmute everyone (except for the host).
Win: Alt+M
Mac: Command(⌘)+Control+U

Push-to-talk: This one is great if you prefer to remain on mute most of the time.
Mac only: Hold the Space key to talk.

Keyboard shortcuts can speed things up.

Start/stop video: Most of us aren’t using video, but the more we work from home, I suspect we might find ourselves on more face-to-face video calls.
Win: Alt+M
Mac: Command(⌘)+Shift+V

Share your screen: If you need to show your screen to others on the call use this command. You can choose between a single window, a specific application or your entire desktop (not recommended for privacy reasons):
Win: Alt+Shift+S
Mac: Command(⌘)+Control+S

Display/hide Participants Panel: Need a reminder of who’s on the call? 
Win: Alt+U
Mac: Command(⌘)+U

Display/hide Chat Panel: Similarly, open and close the chat panel:
Win: Alt+H
Mac: Command(⌘)+Shift+H

Full Screen View: Sometimes the meeting takes up your whole screen. Maybe that’s a good thing, reducing distractions. But if you want to switch between full and partial-screen view, you can use this keyboard shortcut.
Win: Alt+F
Mac: Command(⌘)+Shift+F.
The ESC key should also work.

Minimal Window: You could also switch to minimal window size:
Mac only: Command(⌘)+Shift+M

Exit Meeting: Have you been done with a meeting, said goodbye and then you need to find that Exit Meeting button with a little dead air? Use this shortcut to: Prompt to End or Leave Meeting:
Mac only: Command(⌘)+W

For the complete list of keyboard shortcuts, go to Zoom’s help page here:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205683899-Hot-Keys-and-Keyboard-Shortcuts-for-Zoom