# Managing attendee unmute
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Meeting hosts, moderators, and delegates can prevent attendees from unmuting themselves. When you control who can unmute their microphone, you have more control over who can speak during a meeting. We recommend that you turn on this feature when you host a large meeting.

**To turn off attendee unmute**

1. In the left control bar, open the **More options** menu (![An icon showing a horizontal ellipsis.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/chime/latest/ug/images/left-control-6.png)). 

1. Choose **Disable attendee unmute**.

To turn on attendee unmute, repeat the previous steps and choose **Enable attendee unmute**.