How to Share the Screen on Zoom

Last Updated: October 5, 2020

This wikiHow will teach you how to share the screen in a Zoom meeting. You won't be able to share your screen if the host has this setting or feature disabled; and you can only share multiple screens if the host has the setting selected. Sharing screens from a mobile may result in lost audio.

Method 1

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Desktop

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Join or host a Zoom meeting. If you have an invite or link in your email or texts, you can use that to Join a Zoom Meeting that's already in progress.
- If you want to host the meeting, open the desktop client, log in, and click New Meeting.
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Click Share Screen. It's the a green button centered at the bottom of the window.

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Check the box next to "Optimize Screen Sharing for Video Clip." When you click this box, the box next to "Share computer sound" checks off too, which will ensure your audience hears your computer's sound.
- Uncheck this box if you want your screen to share without sound.
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Click a window or application to share. You'll see all the screens you can share, including your Zoom screen and any tabs and windows you have open in a web browser, like YouTube or Google Docs.^{[1]
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Click Share. Once you share the selected screen, the participants in the Zoom meeting will see and hear it.
- For example, if you opted to share the Google Docs tab in your web browser, the participants in the Zoom meeting will see it.
- When you want to stop sharing, click Stop Share at the top of your screen.^{[2]
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Method 2

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Android

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Join or host a Zoom meeting. If you have an invite or link in your email or texts, you can use that to Join a Zoom Meeting that's already in progress.
- If you want to host the meeting, open the app, log in, and tap New Meeting > Start a Meeting.
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Tap Share. It's the green icon centered at the bottom of your screen.
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Tap to select Screen. You'll find this near the bottom of the menu.
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Tap Start Now. When you share the screen, the participants in the Zoom meeting will be able to see everything on your mobile's screen including passwords, payment details, photos, messages, and audio that you play. If you don't want to continue, tap Cancel.
- You'll be redirected to your Home screen and you'll see a camera icon in the notification panel that you are sharing your screen. You should see a sideways arrow in the bottom right corner of your screen that expands a menu that either allows you to annotate what's on the screen or stop sharing.
- If you have Android 10 or higher, the audio generated by the screen you're sharing will share with the Zoom meeting.

Method 3

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iPhone or iPad

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Join or host a Zoom meeting. If you have an invite or link in your email or texts, you can use that to Join a Zoom Meeting that's already in progress.
- If you want to host the meeting, open the app, log in, and tap New Meeting > Start a Meeting.
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Tap Share. It's the green icon centered at the bottom of your screen if you're using an iPhone and in the top right corner of an iPad.
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Tap to select Screen. You'll find this near the top of the menu.
- If you haven't added screen sharing to your Control Center, you'll need to follow the on-screen instructions.
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Access Control Center. For iPhones 8 and older and iPads running iOS 11, swipe up from the bottom of your screen to access Control Center; for iPhones X or iPads running iOS 12, swipe down from the top right corner of your screen.
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Tap and press the screen recording icon
. A menu will pop up.
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Tap Zoom. This tells your iOS to broadcast your screen share to your Zoom application.
- Your screen will display a countdown from 3, after which your screen will share to the Zoom meeting. You'll see a red bar across the top of your screen that you can tap to stop sharing.
- To share your audio while screen sharing, return to the meeting window while you're screen sharing and tap Share Device Audio.
- Only iOS 11 and up can share screens, but they cannot annotate like Androids.^{[3]
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