In a Teams meeting, meeting organizers and co-organizers can choose to lock their meetings to prevent subsequent join attempts. Anyone attempting to join a locked meeting from any device will be informed that the meeting is locked.

When a meeting is locked, no one else will be able to join, but invitees can still access the meeting chat, the recording, and other meeting info.

  1. After joining the meeting, select People  People or Show Participants button.

  2. In the Participants pane, select More actions Microsoft Teams more options icon> Lock the meeting  Privacy settings button > Lock.

    Image showing the Participants dropdown with lock meeting option.

To unlock the meeting:

  1. Select People  People or Show Participants button.

  2. In the Participants pane, select More actions Microsoft Teams more options icon> Unlock the meeting  Privacy settings button > Unlock.

  • After joining the meeting, select More actions  Microsoft Teams more options icon> Lock the meeting  Privacy settings button (or Unlock the meeting  Privacy settings button when locked).

    Image showing the lock meeting screen with "Lock" button at the bottom.

When a meeting is locked, no additional participants can join, but invitees can still access the meeting chat, recording, and other meeting info.

After participants leave the meeting, they cannot join again until the meeting is unlocked.

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