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Zoom Windows meeting shortcuts

Version Desktop client 6.x · source

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Start here

Alt+A
Mute / unmute
Alt+V
Start / stop video
Alt+S
Share screen
Alt+H
Show / hide chat
Alt+U
Show / hide participants
Alt+Y
Raise / lower hand
Alt+R
Record locally
Alt+Q
End or leave meeting

Concepts

  1. Join mic and camera check
  2. Share window or screen
  3. Collaborate chat, hands, reactions
  4. Wrap up record, leave
Typical call

Audio and video

Alt+A
Mute / unmute your mic
Alt+V
Start / stop your video
Alt+N
Switch camera
Alt+M
Mute all except host
Host only.
Alt+Y
Raise / lower hand
Ctrl+Shift+Y
Open the Reactions panel
Alt+Shift+5
Send thumbs up
Alt+Shift+4
Send clapping hands
Alt+Shift+6
Send heart
Alt+Shift+7
Send joy
Alt+Shift+8
Send open mouth
Alt+Shift+9
Send tada

Screen sharing

Alt+S
Share screen / stop sharing
Alt+Shift+S
Show / hide shareable windows
Alt+T
Pause / resume share
Alt+Shift+R
Begin remote control
Alt+Shift+G
Revoke remote control

Meeting window

Alt+H
Show / hide chat
Alt+U
Show / hide participants
Alt+F
Enter / exit full screen
Alt+F1
Speaker view
Alt+F2
Gallery view
PageUp / PageDown
Previous / next gallery page
Alt+Q
Prompt to end or leave meeting
Alt+I
Open invite window
Alt+Shift+I
Copy invite link
Ctrl+Alt+Shift
Focus the meeting controls
Then Tab through the toolbar; some Windows shortcuts only work with the toolbar focused.
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H
Show / hide floating meeting controls
Alt
Toggle always show meeting controls
Ctrl+2
Read active speaker name
Alt+L
Switch portrait / landscape view

Recording

Alt+R
Start / stop local recording
Alt+C
Start / stop cloud recording
Alt+P
Pause / resume recording

In-meeting chat

Alt+Shift+E
Focus the chat input
Ctrl+Shift+U
Focus last received message
Ctrl+Shift+N
Jump to start of unread messages
Ctrl+Plus / Ctrl+Minus
Increase / decrease chat text size
Ctrl+Shift+O
Open the AI chat panel
Available when AI Companion is enabled for your account.

Chat and channels

Ctrl+N
Start a new chat
Ctrl+F
Search in chat or channel
Ctrl+L
Focus list of chats and channels
Ctrl+Up / Ctrl+Down
Previous / next chat
Alt+Left / Alt+Right
Back / forward in chat history
Ctrl+K
Insert hyperlink
Alt+Shift+T
Take a screenshot
Ctrl+Alt+I
Add member to group chat or channel
Ctrl+W
Hide current chat session

App navigation

Ctrl+Tab
Next product tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Previous product tab
Ctrl+1-8
Switch to product tab by position
Ctrl+9
Switch to last product tab
Ctrl+Shift+J
Open the Calendar panel
F6
Cycle through Zoom popup windows
Alt+F4
Close the current window
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D
Start network diagnostic

Phone

Ctrl+Shift+A
Accept inbound call
Ctrl+Shift+D
Decline inbound call
Ctrl+Shift+E
End current call
Ctrl+Shift+M
Mute / unmute call
Ctrl+Shift+H
Hold / unhold call
Ctrl+Shift+T
Transfer call
Ctrl+P
Call highlighted number

Recipes

Join muted and quiet
# before joiningAlt+A     # mute once inAlt+V     # camera off# listening onlyAlt+A     # unmute again to speak
Present a window
Alt+S         # open the share pickerAlt+T         # pause while you switchAlt+T         # resumeAlt+S         # stop sharing
Record and invite
Alt+I         # invite windowAlt+Shift+I    # copy the linkAlt+C          # cloud record