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Explorer
Apr 26, 2023 7:10 PM UTC
Question

how do i turn off participants join sound (doorbell) when i'm not host or co-host?

i found it's very disturbing to me when i need to listen to it hundreds of times in big meetings.

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    Employee
    Apr 27, 2023 6:57 AM UTC

    Hi,

     

    Login to zoom.us and Under Personal -> Settings -> Meetings, turn off Sound settings.

     

    If this response helps, please accept the answer as an accepted solution, so others can benefit as well.

     

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    KayaVangAuthor
    Explorer
    Apr 27, 2023 2:17 PM UTC

    that does not work. I was also informed by your help chat that only works if i'm host. 

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    Newcomer
    Apr 27, 2023 8:08 AM UTC

    how do i turn off participants join sound (doorbell) when i'm not host or co-host? i found it's very disturbing to me when i need to listen to it hundreds of times in big meetings. Hi, Login to zoom.us and Under Personal -> Settings -> Meetings, turn off Sound settings.

     

    Regards,

    Will

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    KayaVangAuthor
    Explorer
    Apr 27, 2023 2:19 PM UTC

    are you referring to this? If you do, that does not work. I was informed by zoom help chat that this only works if i'm host.

     

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    Employee
    Apr 27, 2023 9:24 PM UTC

    Hi @KayaVang @willjoe2442 

     

    Yes this feature for the meetings you host. So, Please ask hosts to turn off this feature or customize it so only they can hear the sound notifications.

     

    If this response helps, please accept the answer as an accepted solution, so others can benefit as well.

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    Newcomer
    Oct 4, 2023 6:37 AM UTC

    Solved: you need to open the Participants panel in the Zoom meeting itself. Then click on "more" and there you can disable the "Play Join and Leave sound". Super annoying.

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    KayaVangAuthor
    Explorer
    Oct 4, 2023 3:03 PM UTC

    thanks for sharing. unfortunately only host can see that option.

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    Partner
    Nov 29, 2023 4:15 PM UTC

    Yep came here from a google search, looking for an answer to the same problem, seems like zoom just doesn't support this for whatever reason.

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    Newcomer
    Dec 1, 2023 1:47 PM UTC

    This is beyond irritating. I want to turn off ALL notification and dings as a default. I'll turn them on if I need them. I am changing all of my meeting to Teams simply for this reason. 

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    KayaVangAuthor
    Explorer
    Dec 1, 2023 4:05 PM UTC

    lucky you, i schedule all my meeting on Teams too however don't know how to convince colleagues to do the same... 

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    Newcomer
    May 29, 2024 7:40 PM UTC

    Zoom, please add this feature or open source your software so someone else can. This is extremely distracting to some of us.

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    KayaVangAuthor
    Explorer
    May 29, 2024 7:58 PM UTC

    i'm so happy someone else has the same opinion. i've submitted numerous feedback to zoom already.

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    Newcomer
    Jun 6, 2024 12:49 AM UTC

    I came here looking for this feature too. Something so annoying and yet they don't have an answer.  At least I can stop looking for it. 

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    Newcomer
    Aug 27, 2024 10:37 PM UTC

    It is beyond annoying that a guest cannot turn off the chime. The chime for guests serves no useful purpose.

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    Newcomer
    Oct 24, 2024 11:39 AM UTC

    It's been a year now, and still no updates, Zoom? I guess we're switching to Teams. What an annoying feature to frustrate your customers with

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    Explorer
    Feb 18, 2025 3:52 PM UTC

    Is there already any update on this? I need to host meetings where I hear it when someone is joining, but without any of the others in the room hearing this. Why is such a simple feature not possible?

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    Explorer
    Feb 18, 2025 3:55 PM UTC
    Newcomer
    Sep 25, 2025 8:11 PM UTC

    Why is this still an issue in 2025? Can this not be added to the user settings at the attendee level? I do not want to hear the notification and I am not going to ask every single host to disable it.

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