Hide attendee names in Teams meetings and webinars

Note: Hiding attendee names is available as part of Teams Premium, an add-on license that provides additional features to make Teams meetings more personalized, intelligent, and secure. To get access to Teams Premium, contact your IT admin.

Hide attendee names during Teams webinars and meetings to protect their privacy. Attendees can still participate in chat and raise their hands.

Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters can see attendee names if they're hidden.

Organizer and presenter names and details are visible to everyone. If you make someone a co-organizer or presenter during the meeting, their name will be revealed automatically.

Note: Hiding attendee names isn't currently supported in breakout rooms.

Hide attendee names

Choose to hide attendee names before the meeting or webinar starts. This setting can’t be changed after you send the invites or the meeting starts.

Hide names in a meeting

Create a new meeting or open an upcoming one in your Teams calendar.
In Details, select Options > More options.
Select Roles .
Specify presenters in the Who can present? dropdown menu.

Important: To hide attendee names, Who can present? can't be set to Everyone.
Turn the Hide attendee names toggle on.
Select Save.

Notes:

Names of people invited won't be hidden in the meeting details.
Attendee names aren’t automatically hidden in apps during your meeting. Adjust each app’s settings manually after you join the meeting to keep attendee names hidden.

Hide names in a webinar

Create a new webinar or open an upcoming one in your Teams calendar.
In Details, select Meeting options .
Select Roles .
Turn the Hide attendee names toggle on.
Select Apply.
Select Save .

Note: The names of people invited to the webinar will be hidden.

Hide names in Q&A

If you turn on Q&A in a meeting or webinar, attendee names will be visible unless you hide them manually.

To hide names in Q&A:

Join your meeting or webinar with Q&A turned on.
In the meeting controls, select Q&A > Q&A settings .
Turn the Anonymous posts toggle on.
Select Save.

Important: This setting only anonymizes Q&A posts. Q&A replies and reactions won't be anonymous.

If you use other apps in Teams meetings, manually adjust each app's settings to keep attendee names hidden.

Attendee view

Attendees can't see names and details of other attendees. They'll be able to see names and details of organizers and presenters.

Note: Attendee live reactions are supported on Teams for desktop.

Screenshot showing attendee view when names are hidden in Teams meeting or webinar.

Meeting window

Screenshot showing attendee view when names are hidden in Teams meeting or webinar.

Chat window

Organizer and presenter view

Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters will see attendees' names next to their Attendee label. When they hover over an attendee, the attendee’s name, profile photo, and details will appear.

Organizers and presenters can follow up with attendees about their questions or responses in chat.

Screenshot showing organizer view when names are hidden in Teams meeting or webinar.