Preventing Zoom Participants From Renaming Themselves In a Zoom Meeting

Issue/Question

How do I prevent particpants from renaming themselves in a Zoom meeting?

Environment

  • Zoom

Resolution

  1. Start the Zoom Meeting.
  2. Click Security  in the bottom toolbar.
  3. In the Allow participants to: section, ensure that Rename Themselves is unchecked.
  4. If this option is checked, you may click it to disable it. 
Participants will be unable to rename themselves for the duration of the meeting. You can learn how to disable participant renaming for all future meetings of which you are the host here.
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