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id: cc1c70c3-dd3c-489e-aaac-b6dd54935a26
title: demote
slug: /node/reference/video/room-session/demote
description: demote method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[link]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/video/room-session/promote

[roomsession-41]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/video/room-session

### demote

* **demote**(`params`): `Promise<void>`

Demotes a participant from "member" to "audience". See [promote][link].

#### Parameters

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

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="memberId" type="string" required>
    ID of the member to affect.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="mediaAllowed" type="&#x22;all&#x22; | &#x22;audio-only&#x22; | &#x22;video-only&#x22;">
    Specifies the media that the client will be allowed to **receive**. An audience participant cannot send any media.
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Example

In this example, we demote a member to audience as soon as they join the room.
This example assumes that there is a [`RoomSession`][roomsession-41]
already active and that members are joining the room.

```javascript
import { SignalWire } from "@signalwire/realtime-api";

// Initialize the SignalWire client
const client = await SignalWire({ project: "ProjectID Here", token: "Token Here" })

// Access the video client from the main client
const videoClient = client.video;

// Setup listener for when a room starts
await videoClient.listen({
  onRoomStarted: async (roomsession) => {
    console.log("Room started", roomsession.displayName);
    await roomsession.listen({
      // Listen for when a member is updated
      onMemberJoined: async (member) => {
        console.log("Member joined", member.name);
        // Demote member to audience
        console.log(`Demoting ${member.name} to audience`);
        roomsession.demote({
          memberId: member.id,
          mediaAllowed: "audio-only"
        });
      }
    });
  }
})
```