# Muting incoming audio **URL:** \ **Category:** Web\ **Created:** [March 19, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/muting-incoming-audio/9019 "2020-03-19T18:04:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![belsperger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/belsperger/32/927_2.png) [@belsperger](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/belsperger)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/muting-incoming-audio/9019/1 "2020-03-19T18:04:45Z")
Hello, i am currently working on integrating zoom into our application. There is some trouble with getting the audio to mute. We need to be able to force all audio coming from the non-host to be muted, how can this be achieved? I am using the web sdk. I realize we cannot force the non-host to keep their microphone muted, but can we force the audio to not play on the host’s side? ---
**Author:** ![michael\_p.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/michael_p.zoom/32/18105_2.png) [@michael\_p.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/michael_p.zoom)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/muting-incoming-audio/9019/2 "2020-03-19T19:23:48Z")
Hi @belsperger, To mute the attendees you can use the MuteAll function[1]. 1 - [https://zoom.github.io/sample-app-web/ZoomMtg.html#muteAll](https://zoom.github.io/sample-app-web/ZoomMtg.html#muteAll) Thanks Michael ---
**Author:** ![belsperger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/belsperger/32/927_2.png) [@belsperger](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/belsperger)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/muting-incoming-audio/9019/3 "2020-03-19T19:25:12Z")
As I understand it, it still allows the attendees to unmute themselves, no? ---
**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:** [March 19, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/muting-incoming-audio/9019/4 "2020-03-19T19:25:55Z")
Correct @belsperger. You can also hide the audio button via CSS. Maybe a better flow is to use [webinars](https://zoom.us/webinar) instead of meetings in the Web SDK, which don’t give the attendees the ability to speak. Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![belsperger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/belsperger/32/927_2.png) [@belsperger](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/belsperger)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/muting-incoming-audio/9019/5 "2020-03-19T19:34:19Z")
Unfortunately, there are cases where we’ll need the attendees to speak. We do not have control over the attendee’s CSS as they will be using the standalone client. Is there no way to get a reference to the stream being passed in via the SDK? ---
**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:** [March 19, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/muting-incoming-audio/9019/6 "2020-03-19T21:02:39Z")
Hey @belsperger, When using webinar, you can allow participants to talk: > **[Managing Participants in Webinar](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004834466-Managing-Participants-in-Webinar#h_d835a48b-6dd2-47a4-9401-abebb46f319b)** > > Overview > You can have both panelists and attendees in your webinar and manage them as the host. > By clicking on Participants in your host controls, you can manage the panelists and attendees in your... Thanks, Tommy ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/muting-incoming-audio/9019/7 "2020-08-21T19:34:09Z")
Closed on August 21, 2020, 7:34pm UTC