Mac Zoom Keyboard Commands

General Commands

Keyboard Shortcut Description
CMD + J Join a Meeting
CMD + CTRL + V Start a Meeting
CMD + J Schedule a Meeting
CMD + I Open invite window
CTRL + \ Toggle the "Always Show meeting Controls" in the Zoom Settings (Do this only once and the meeting controls will always be visible in all of your Zoom sessions)
CMD + Shift + H Show/hide In-Meeting Chat Panel if you will need the chat window (Do this every session you need the chat window)
CMD + U

Display/hide Participants panel (Do this every session so you can see the Zoom participants)

Commands for Use During a Zoom Meeting

Keyboard Shortcut Description
CMD + Shift + A

Mute/unmute audio for yourself
OPT + Y
Raise hand/lower hand
SPACE BAR Push to Talk Unmutes while holding the SPACE BAR Recommended Method
CMD + CTRL + M Mute audio for everyone except the host (Presenter Command)
CMD + CTRL + U
Unmute audio for everyone except host (Presenter Command)
CMD + Shift + F
Enter or exit full screen
CMD + W Prompt to End or Leave Meeting then press ENTER to accep

Complete List of Mac Commands for Zoom Meetings

Keyboard Shortcut Description
CMD + J Join Meeting
CMD + CTRL + V Start Meeting
CMD + J Schedule Meeting
CMD + CTRL + S Share Screen
CMD + Shift + A Mute/unmute audio
CMD + CTRL + M Mute audio for everyone except the host (only available to the host)
SPACEBAR Push to talk
CMD +Shift + V Start/stop video
CMD + Shift + N Switch camera
CMD + T Take Screenshot
CMD + Shift + S Start/stop screen share
CMD + Shift + T Pause or resume screen share
CTRL + Shift + R Gain remote Control
CTRL + Shift + G Stop remote Control
CMD + Shift + R Start local recording
CMD + Shift + C Start cloud recording
CMD + Shift + P Pause or resume recording
CMD + Shift + W Switch to active speaker view or gallery view, depending on current view
CMD + U Display/hide Participants panel
CTRL + P View previous 25 participants in gallery view
CTRL + N View next 25 participants in gallery view
CMD + I Open invite window
OPT + Y Raise hand/lower hand
CMD + Shift + F Enter or exit full screen
CMD + Shift + M Switch to minimal window
CTRL + Option + Command + H Show/hide meeting Controls
CTRL + Shift + R Gain remote CTRL
CTRL + Shift + G Stop remote CTRL
CTRL + \ Toggle the "Always Show meeting Controls" options in Settings/Accessibility
CMD + W Prompt to End or Leave Meeting
CMD + Shift + H Show/hide In-Meeting Chat Panel
CMD + K Jump to chat with someone