Managing your Personal meeting settings for <var class="keyword">
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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 "").

As the meeting host, you can do the following things to protect your <var class="keyword">
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* <var class="keyword">
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* <var class="keyword">
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* Ongoing <var class="keyword">
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* Enable End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) that protects your video conferencing content by making them accessible to participants only.

Note: Participants who join the meeting by clicking the invitation link can automatically join without the meeting password. However, participants who join the meeting via the meeting ID will be asked to enter a password.

Select where you want to manage your Personal meeting settings.

## Desktop & web

To access the security options on your <var class="keyword">
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* Navigate to **Settings** via the left-hand navigation bar.
* Select the **<var class="keyword">
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* Click **Edit** at far right of **Personal Meeting ID** . ![Click Edit at far right of Personal Meeting ID](https://assets.ringcentral.com/content/dam/xml-assets/doc_team/en_us/ringcentral/mvp/Managing-your-Personal-meeting-settings-for-RingCentral-Video-meetings/topics/media/image1.png)
* Under **Meeting settings** and **Security**, configure your preferred security options.

The following options allow you to protect your meeting:

* **Use Personal Meeting ID for instant meetings**: Modify your Personal Meeting ID (PMI) for others to use to join the meeting instead of the default meeting ID when starting an instant meeting
* **Require password**: Require a password to enter the meeting.
* **Set password** : Edit your default password. See the list below for password policy:
  * The password must be at least 1 to 10 characters long.
  * It must contain characters from the following categories: uppercase characters (A-Z), lowercase characters (a-z), digits (1-9).
  * Please note that participants who join the meeting by clicking the invitation link can automatically join without the meeting password. However, participants who join the meeting via the meeting ID will be asked to enter a password.

* **Participants can only join after host**: Once enabled, participants need to wait for the meeting host before they can join the meeting.
* **Enable waiting room** : Create a waiting room that participants will stay in until the host admits them. The host can set the waiting room to one of the following: *Everyone* ,*Anyone outside my company* , or *Anyone not signed in*.
* **Advanced settings** : Click the arrow to expand the following advanced settings:
  * **Only authenticated users can join** : Allow only authenticated users to join your meeting. Options include *Off* , *Signed in co-workers* , and *Signed in users*.
  * **Turn off camera for participants**: Turn off the camera for participants when they enter the meeting. Keep in mind that they can still turn their camera on at any point during the meeting.
  * **Mute audio for participants**: Mute participants when they enter the meeting. Keep in mind that participants can still unmute their audio at any point during the meeting.
  * **Only host \& moderators can share screen**: Allow only you (the host) and moderators to share screen in a meeting.

## Mobile

* **Use PMI for instant meetings** : This is a specific Meeting ID that you can use for all your meetings. Once enabled, tap on this field if you want to customize your Personal Meeting ID (PMI). This ID should be 9 digits for <var class="keyword">
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* **Password required** : Toggle on if you'd like to require a password entry before any participants can join your meeting. When this setting is enabled, tap on this field to set an alphanumeric password for your meetings. For iOS devices, the **Password** field will appear underneath. For Android devices, the **Password required** window will pop-up once enabled. You can change the password if you want. Tap **Save** once done. See the list below for password policy:
  * The password must be at least 1 to 10 characters long.
  * It must contain characters from the following categories: uppercase characters (A-Z), lowercase characters (a-z), digits (1-9).

* **Participants can only join after me**: Once enabled, participants need to wait for the meeting host before they can join the meeting.
* **Enable waiting room** : Once enabled, participants can't join a meeting until the host admits them individually or admits all of them from the waiting room. The host can set the waiting room to one of the following: *Anyone outside my company* , *Anyone not signed in* , or *Everyone*.
* **Only signed-in users can join**: Enable this option to allow only signed-in users to join the meeting.
* **Only signed-in coworkers can join**: Enable this option to allow only signed-in contacts from your organization to join the meeting.
* **Only hosts can share screen**: Enable this option to allow only you (the host) and moderators to share their screen during the meeting.