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title: "How to Spotlight on Zoom"
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description: "Learn how to effectively spotlight participants on Zoom to enhance your virtual meetings. Discover tips and tricks for a more engaging experience."
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# How to Spotlight on Zoom

This guide will walk you through the steps required to spotlight a participant in a Zoom meeting. Follow these steps to highlight a specific participant and bring them to the forefront of the meeting for everyone to see.

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1. **Join or Start a Meeting** – Open Zoom and join an ongoing meeting or start a new one.
2. **Find the Participant to Spotlight** – In the meeting window, locate the participant whose video you want to spotlight.
3. **Hover Over the Participant’s Video** – Move your cursor over the participant’s video feed that you want to spotlight.
4. **Click on the “More” Button** – Click on the **“More”** button (three dots) that appears when you hover over the participant’s video.
5. **Select “Spotlight Video”** – From the dropdown menu, select **“Spotlight Video”**. This will make that participant the primary focus of the meeting for everyone.
6. **Confirm Spotlight** – Once you click, the participant’s video will be highlighted for all attendees, and they will be featured as the main video on everyone’s screen.
7. **Spotlight Multiple Participants (Optional)** – If you're the host, you can spotlight up to **9 participants** at once by clicking **“Add Spotlight”** after selecting another participant.
8. **Stop Spotlighting** – To remove spotlighting, simply click the **“Stop Spotlight Video”** option from the participant’s video feed dropdown or select another participant to spotlight.