# Ability to stop attendee video

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/ability-to-stop-attendee-video/26998>\
**Category:** Android\
**Created:** [August 13, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/ability-to-stop-attendee-video/26998 "2020-08-13T04:29:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![phong.nguyen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/phong.nguyen/32/2437_2.png) [@phong.nguyen](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/phong.nguyen)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/ability-to-stop-attendee-video/26998/1 "2020-08-13T04:29:20Z")

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**Description**  
Is it possible to (programmatically) stop attendee’s video without disabling it? That means user is still able to turn his video on again by himself.  
On the other hand, is it possible to enable attendee’s video (allow user to turn his video on by himself) without sending the message “The host has asked you to start your video.” to the attendee?

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**Author:** ![carson.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/carson.zoom/32/785_2.png) [@carson.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/carson.zoom)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/ability-to-stop-attendee-video/26998/2 "2020-08-13T06:22:31Z")

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Hi @phong.nguyen,

Since the Zoom client does not have this behavior so the Zoom SDK does not have this as well. Hope this helps. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![phong.nguyen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/phong.nguyen/32/2437_2.png) [@phong.nguyen](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/phong.nguyen)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 7:03am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/ability-to-stop-attendee-video/26998/3 "2020-08-13T07:03:46Z")

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@carson.zoom Thanks for your confirmation.