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id: 994f5008-77b0-4c4b-a6ff-6c9eabf475cb
title: videoMute
slug: /js/reference/video/room-session-device/video-mute
description: videoMute method for the RoomSessionDevice class.
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### videoMute

▸ **videoMute**(): `Promise<void>`

Puts the video on mute. Participants will see a mute image instead of the video stream.

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Permissions

* `room.self.video_mute`

You need to specify the permissions when [creating the Video Room Token](/docs/apis/video/room-tokens/create-room-token) on the server side.

#### Example

```javascript
await roomdevice.videoMute();
```