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Some RingCentral Video features and meeting controls may appear differently depending on your account. Learn more about [the new RingCentral Video experience](https://support.ringcentral.com/article-v2/using-the-new-ringcentral-video-meetings.html?brand=RingCentral&product=RingEX&language=en_US "").

When you are the host or moderator of a meeting, you can manage how your participants interact within the meeting.

The host and moderators can also update video settings for all users or individual users. Where would you like to manage your meeting participant controls?

## Desktop & web

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During an ongoing meeting, the following features can be accessed in the **Participants** list:

* Invite participants
* Prevent new users from joining the meeting
* Mute microphone for all current and new attendees
* Request all attendees to unmute their microphones

Under the three-dot **More** icon, you can control if everyone in the meeting or only the host and moderators can:

* Start screen-sharing.
* Start the meeting transcription.
* See the meeting transcript.
* Download and copy the meeting transcript.
* Start recording the meeting.

![Manage participants during a Video meeting](https://assets.ringcentral.com/content/dam/xml-assets/doc_team/en_us/ringcentral/mvp/Managing-RingCentral-Video-meeting-participants/topics/media/1-Manage-participants-Desktop-app.png)

You can also turn off all videos, request that participants turn on their videos, and allow participant reactions.

The participants' network, audio, and video status will be displayed next to their names in the **Participants** list.

For each participant, the host and moderators can:

* Mute or unmute a participant's audio.
* Request that the participant turn on their video.
* Hover over the participant's name and click the three-dot **More** icon to:
  * Assign a moderator role to the participant.
  * Chat directly with the participant.
  * [Edit the name of the participant]( "") if they aren't a signed-in user or if they have called into the meeting.
  * Remove the participant from the meeting.

## Mobile

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To manage all participants in an active meeting on the mobile app, tap **Participants** , then tap the three-dot **More** icon at the top right.

You can manage the following features:

* Mute or unmute participants
* Turn video on or off for participants
* Don't allow new participants to join
* Allow only hosts to share screen
* Allow reactions
* Allow or restrict recording
* Allow or restrict transcription

![Manage participants during a Video meeting in the mobile app](https://assets.ringcentral.com/content/dam/xml-assets/doc_team/en_us/ringcentral/mvp/Managing-RingCentral-Video-meeting-participants/topics/media/2-Manage-participants-Mobile-app.png)

Meeting participants can also be managed individually. Each participant's network, audio, and video status will be displayed next to their names in the **Participants** list.

The host and moderators can:

* Mute or unmute a participant's audio.
* Request that the participant turn on their video.
* Tap the three-dot **More** icon to:
  * View the participant's profile.
  * Assign a moderator role to the participant.
  * Pin or unpin a participant's video.
  * [Edit the name of the participant]( "") if they aren't a signed-in user or if they have called into the meeting.
  * Remove the participant from the meeting.