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Automatically turn on Do Not Disturb when screen-sharing during a meeting

Most video meeting applications automatically turn on the OS-specific DND setting to suppress notifications when presenting your screen during a meeting. Webex meetings does not do this, and it is unlikely for a user to remember to manually toggle this on and off each time.


The application should be handling this automatically each time a screen-share presentation is started and then ended. It is unsafe for personal messages to show up during a screen-share session for a variety of reasons: personal information, HR information, etc. This is an important feature missing.

  • Guest
  • Mar 4 2021
  • Future consideration
  • Mike Z commented
    March 30, 2022 16:34

    Agreed!

    It should also depend on whether the user is just screen sharing one app (don't change DND) or a whole screen (temporarily turn on DND).

    Other use cases:

    • Frequently have to share more than one application, so need to use full screen sharing.

    • If I have two monitors, typically have notifications popping up on the non-shared screen, so don't need DND in that case.

  • Hannah Wright commented
    March 08, 2022 21:40

    It would also be nice if you could still see the notifications but they weren't shared with attendees. While I prefer WebEx to Zoom, this was a feature I took for granted when I was using Zoom as my main meeting platform.

    Example Use Cases:

    • You have a meeting in 5 minutes w/ another client

    • Another client has an urgent issue and they've texted or emailed you.

  • Darwin Wu commented
    June 08, 2021 18:39

    It's annoying to have to turn on my (Mac)OS level Do Not Disturb setting whenever I'm screen sharing. I don't want my Slack Messages popping up for everyone to read during a presentation or a candidate to see them during an interview. And if I forget to turn it off once the meeting is over, I miss time sensitive messages.