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id: bc0dc969-d916-4fa1-8a09-32afe09a7818
title: videoUnmute
slug: /js/reference/video/room-session/video-unmute
description: videoUnmute method for the RoomSession class.
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### videoUnmute

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

Unmutes the video if it had been previously muted. Participants will start seeing the video stream again. You can use this method to unmute 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 unmute. If omitted, unmutes 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

Unmuting your own video:

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

Unmuting the video of another participant:

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