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July 19, 2026
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Disconnect Audio and Permanent Closed Captions on for all participants

  • July 19, 2026
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Hi guys,

 

My use case: We are using Zoom for our Church congregation, solely for the purpose of  translated closed caption (e.g. spoken language English on the pulpit microphone connected to a laptop with Zoom, translated closed captions Chinese on viewer’s phones over Zoom).  

 

We don’t see a feature which ‘Disconnect audio’ for all participants; each participant needs to do it manually on their phones (this poses a problem for members who don’t disconnect the audio, as there is a lot of bad audio feedback sounds emanating from their phones). 

 

Also, we don’t see a feature which forces the meeting to show the captions straight out (like watching a movie; currently participants have to manually turn it on themselves, which can be troublesome for the elderly/not so tech saavy members of our congregation).  

 

Anyone has any help?  Or can Zoom please help incorporate these features.  (P.S: we have already written a guide, but as you know, people may not always read the guides). Thank you.

 

Best regards,
Keefe

 

    1 reply

    Partner
    July 23, 2026

    Regarding the option to mute or Disconnect the audio from all participants, this feature already exists and can be found in the Participants panel.

    The host or any co-host has access this option.