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id: 7d4d0073-a8ec-4c80-b4f5-c3e9f754b507
title: showVideoMuted
slug: /js/reference/video/room-session/show-video-muted
description: showVideoMuted method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
availability: deprecated
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* **showVideoMuted**(): `Promise<void>`

<Warning>
  Deprecated. Use [setHideVideoMuted](/docs/browser-sdk/v3/js/reference/video/room-session/set-hide-video-muted) instead.
</Warning>

Show muted videos in the room layout in addition to the unmuted ones. Members that have been muted via [videoMute](/docs/browser-sdk/v3/js/reference/video/room-session/video-mute) will display a mute image instead of the video.

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Permissions

* `room.show_video_muted`

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 roomSession.showVideoMuted();
```