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id: 76d7e4b4-93f5-492a-9e93-ad800a1ef549
title: videoMute
slug: /js/reference/video/room-session/video-mute
description: videoMute method for the RoomSession class.
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### videoMute

* **videoMute**(`params?`): `Promise<void>`

Puts the video on mute. Participants will see a mute image instead of the video stream. You can use this method to mute either yourself or another participant in the room.

#### Parameters

<ParamField path="params" type="object" required={false}>
  Object containing the parameters of the method.
</ParamField>

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="memberId" type="string" required={false}>
    Id of the member to mute. If omitted, mutes the default device in the local client.
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Permissions

* `room.self.video_mute`: to unmute a local device.
* `room.member.video_mute`: to unmute a remote member.

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

#### Examples

Muting your own video:

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

Muting the video of another participant:

```javascript
const id = "de550c0c-3fac-4efd-b06f-b5b8614b8966"; // you can get this from getMembers()
await roomSession.videoMute({ memberId: id });
```