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. To do so:

  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 univited particiapnts 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.