Google Meet Hide Video

Hide Attendees' Video in Google Meet

What is Google Meet Hide Video?

"Google Meet Hide Video" is a Chrome extension developed specifically to enhance user experience during a Google Meet session. It provides tools to hide the video of any participant, as per the user's preference. This feature is particularly helpful when a participant's video feed becomes a distraction. User can conveniently find the hide video toggle in the participant's menu. Note: The video is only hidden on the user's screen, it remains visible for other participants. Packed with more features, the extension is fully updated to support the new design of Google Meet.

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Extension stats

By: Evan

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Users: 5,000+ ▼ -1,000

Rating: 3.47 (15)

Version: 1.0.3 (Last updated: 2020-11-17)

Creation date: 2020-06-07

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

declarativeContent
https://meet.google.com/*

Size: 25.36K

Email: cl*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 14727 ▼ 1175

Other rankings

#1903 in Accessibility ▼ 8 #34 in meet keyword 58 ▲ 11 #190 in video keyword 81 ▲ 33 #195 in toggle keyword 24 ▲ 1

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Extension summary

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Someone in a meeting is distracting? Let's hide them.

This extension adds a toggle to hide attendees' videos from you. Videos are only hidden in your local browser. They are still visible for other attendees.

The toggle can be found in participants menu. The hide video toggle is next to the show more action button.

If an attendee does not have his/her video on, the video toggle will not be available.

Version 1.0.3

Support new Google Meet design
Thanks for the community for giving valuable feedback!

User reviews

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Pros

Very helpful for hiding visually distracting attendees.
Works as intended for many users.
Useful for individuals with visual-sensory sensitivities.
Great for hiding distractions in virtual classes.

Cons

Does not save traffic or CPU resources.
Some users report it not working at all.
The menu camera icon is too big for some users.
The plugin 'forgets' hidden users when they rejoin.

Most mentioned

Hiding distracting attendees
Functionality issues
Visual-sensory sensitivity support

User reviews

Very helpful extension to hide visually distracting attendees from view. This is a must have for those with visual-sensory sensitivities, especially when another attendee has constant distracting movement, such as a treadmill desk, an exercise ball chair, or eating meals on camera.