# Mute participants upon entry option **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [July 19, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/mute-participants-upon-entry-option/5105 "2019-07-19T14:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Kollen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/mike_kollen/32/669_2.png) [@Mike\_Kollen](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Mike_Kollen)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/mute-participants-upon-entry-option/5105/1 "2019-07-19T14:47:50Z")
Hello I set **Mute participants upon entry** option for meeting. After meeting was launched Mic was muted only for participant but NOT for HOST. Is this option applied for HOST’s session ? ---
**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/mute-participants-upon-entry-option/5105/2 "2019-07-19T16:04:21Z")
Hey @Mike_Kollen, There is no option to mute the host by default when [creating a meeting](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate) via our API. But a work around could be to change your audio settings to mute yourself by default. ![44%20AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/2X/6/63a9ae3d109a46a3ee0706c89a15f841ef5f6fc1.png) Let me know if this helps! ---
**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/mute-participants-upon-entry-option/5105/3 "2020-08-21T18:35:12Z")
Closed on August 21, 2020, 6:35pm UTC