Greater New York Council of the Blind
A chapter of the American Council of the Blind of New York;
An affiliate of the American Council of the Blind
Zoom Hotkeys for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Telephone
Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
- F6: Navigate among Zoom popup windows
- CTRL+ALT+SHIFT: Move focus to Zoom's meeting controls
- ALT: Toggle the option to always show meeting control toolbar in Accessibility Settings
- ALT+F1: Switch to Active Speaker View in video meeting
- ALT+V: Start/Stop Video
- ALT+A: Mute/unmute audio
- Holding down SPACEBAR: Unmutes your microphone while the key is pressed
- ALT+M: Mute/unmute audio for everyone except the host (option available to the meeting host only)
- ALT+S: Launch Share Screen window and stop screen share (will only work when meeting control toolbar has focus)
- ALT+SHIFT+S: Start/stop new screen share (will only work when meeting control toolbar has focus)
- ALT+T: Pause/resume screen share (will only work when meeting control toolbar has focus)
- ALT+R: Start/stop local recording
- ALT+C: Start/stop cloud recording
- ALT+P: Pause/resume recording
- ALT+N: Switch camera
- ALT+F: Enter/exit full screen
- ALT+H: Display/hide In-Meeting Chat panel
- ALT+U: Display/hide Participants panel
- ALT+I: Open Invite window
- ALT+Y: Raise/lower hand
- ALT+SHIFT+R: Gain Remote Control
- ALT+SHIFT+G: Stop Remote Control
- CTRL+2: Read active speaker name
- CTRL+T: Jump to chat with someone
- CTRL+W: Close current chat session
- CTRL+UP ARROW: Go to previous chat
- CTRL+DOWN ARROW: Go to next chat
- CTRL+F: Search
- CTRL++ (PLUS): Increase chat size
- CTRL+- (MINUS): Decrease chat size
- ALT+Q: End/leave meeting
Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
- COMMAND+J: Join Meeting
- COMMAND+CONTROL+V: Start Meeting
- COMMAND+J: Schedule Meeting
- COMMAND+CONTROL+S: Screen Share via Direct Share
- COMMAND+SHIFT+A: Mute/unmute audio
- COMMAND+CONTROL+M: Mute audio for everyone except the host (only available to the host)
- COMMAND+CONTROL+U: Unmute audio for everyone except host (only available to the host)
- SPACE: Push to talk
- COMMAND+SHIFT+V: Start/stop video
- COMMAND+SHIFT+N: Switch camera
- COMMAND+SHIFT+S: Start/stop screen share
- COMMAND+SHIFT+T: Pause/resume screen share
- COMMAND+SHIFT+R: Start local recording
- COMMAND+SHIFT+C: Start cloud recording
- COMMAND+SHIFT+P: Pause/resume recording
- COMMAND+SHIFT+W: Switch to active speaker view or gallery view, depending on current view
- CONTROL+P: View previous 25 participants in gallery view
- CONTROL+N: View next 25 participants in gallery view
- COMMAND+U: Display/hide Participants panel
- COMMAND+SHIFT+H: Show/hide In-Meeting Chat Panel
- COMMAND+I: Open invite window
- OPTION+Y: Raise/lower hand
- CTRL+SHIFT+R: Gain remote control
- CTRL+SHIFT+G: Stop remote control
- COMMAND+SHIFT+F: Enter/exit full screen
- COMMAND+SHIFT+M: Switch to minimal window
- CTRL+OPTION+COMMAND+H: Show/hide meeting controls
- CTRL+SHIFT+R: Gain remote control
- CTRL+SHIFT+G: Stop remote control
- CTRL+\ (BACKSLASH): Toggle the "Always Show Meeting Controls" option in Settings/Accessibility
- COMMAND+W: Prompt to End/Leave Meeting
- COMMAND+K: Jump to chat with someone
- COMMAND+T: Screenshot
iOS Device with a Keyboard
- COMMAND + SHIFT + A: Mute/Unmute my audio. If using VoiceOver, you can magic tap (Double tap with two fingers) to mute/unmute your microphone
- COMMAND + SHIFT + V: Start/Stop my video
- COMMAND + SHIFT + H: Display/Hide Chat
- COMMAND + SHIFT + M: Minimize meeting
- COMMAND + U: Display/Hide manage participants
- COMMAND + W: Close the front window, such as the participants or meeting settings window
Phone Controls for Participants
- *6: Toggle mute/unmute
- *9 - Raise hand
Phone Controls for Meeting Host
Please Note: You must first enter the Host Key to start the meeting.
- Hear All Commands: * * (STAR STAR)
- *4: End the meeting for all participants
- *5: Lock or Unlock the meeting
- *6: Mute or unmute yourself
- *7: Start or Stop Recording
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