Preventing uninvited guests from joining your Webex meeting


Locking Webex Meetings

To prevent uninvited guest from attending your Webex meeting, you should lock your Webex meeting. 

  1. From the meeting window, select the ellipses.
  2. Select Lock Meeting.
  3. A small key should appear in the upper right-hand corner indicating that the meeting is locked.
  4. When someone attempts to join they will be placed in a holding state until you allow them in the room.

You can also expel uninvited participants at any time during the meeting:

  1. Select the name of the participant whom you want to remove
  2. Click Participant > Expel.

Preventing Guests from Joining Scheduled Meetings

As a meeting host, you can also ensure that attendees of the meeting need to sign in to the Webex site before joining a scheduled meeting.

  1. Sign in to your Webex account.
  2. Go to Meetings > Schedule
  3. Enter the details of your meeting.
  4. Select Show advanced options > Scheduling Options > Unlocked meetings section, check Guests can't join the meeting. 
  5. Select Schedule or Start.