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title: videoUnmute
slug: /js/reference/video/room-session-device/video-unmute
description: videoUnmute method for the RoomSessionDevice class.
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### videoUnmute

▸ **videoUnmute**(): `Promise<void>`

Unmutes the video if it had been previously muted. Participants will start seeing the video stream again.

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Permissions

* `room.self.video_unmute`

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.videoUnmute();
```