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September 14, 2022
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Black boxes over participant names in webinar

  • September 14, 2022
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Suddenly, there are black boxes over the participant names in a webinar I'm watching. I do not have the 'hide names' box checked and can't figure out how to get rid of the black boxes... it's super distracting.

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    Ray_Harwood
    Community Super Champion | Customer
    Community Super Champion | Customer
    September 14, 2022

    Hosts/CoHosts have control over "Branding" features.

     

    For future webinars, they should be sure to set "Name Tags" default to None:

    If they are currently in a webinar, they can remove them one at a time by following this:

    https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/4836268732045-Using-Webinar-Session-Branding#h_01FYF989SYWT8XDA77NTZ1T98A 

     

    malgreenAuthor
    Newcomer
    September 14, 2022

    Hey, thanks for the reply. It wasn't my webinar, it was one I was watching and the boxes appeared during the webinar on my screen only (someone else who was watching had the names and there weren't any black boxes). I had been tinkering with some settings, but always had the box checked for displaying names... I may just delete the app from my computer and reinstall.

    Newcomer
    September 15, 2022

    Hi!  I am having this issue too!  I am hosting a webinar with a prerecorded video.  During the practice and actual webinar, a black box appears in the upper right corner of the attendee screens but not on mine, the host.  I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to make the black box go away.

     

    Ray_Harwood
    Community Super Champion | Customer
    Community Super Champion | Customer
    September 15, 2022

    Hi, @PKS409.  Upper right of the screens?  That sounds odd... the "branding" identity box is usually in the lower left.  Can you provide a screen shot but redact any faces and actual names to protect identities?

    Newcomer
    September 15, 2022

    Hi, Yes.  See attached.   I am  self taught zoom webinar host novice.  I have tried EVERYTHING I can think of to remove the "profile box" from view.  I am sharing my screen and running a prerecorded video.  I don't see the profile box but the attendees do.  Fingers crossed you may have solution.