You can easily mute yourself on Zoom, and if you're the host, you can also mute any participants in the call.

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Join meetings without making a sound. This is especially handy if you enter after a call has started and don’t want to accidentally interrupt. First, let’s take care of your microphone. Open the Zoom ...