Sharing your screen in Proton Meet

With Proton Meet, hosts and participants can share their screen to securely present slides, documents, or anything else on their device to everyone on the call.

Screen sharing is available on our web, desktop (macOS, Windows, Linux), and iOS apps. At the moment, Android users can only view screens shared by other participants using supported platforms.

• Start screen sharing
• Stop screen sharing
• Picture-in-picture mode

Start screen sharing

Only one screen can be shared at a time. When someone starts sharing their screen, it automatically replaces any currently shared screen. Here’s how to start broadcasting:

1. During a meeting, select the Share screen 🖥️ icon.

2. If prompted, allow screen sharing permissions.
3. Choose what you want to share. The available options depend on your platform:

Web app

• Browser tab: Share a specific web page and keep other tabs private. If you switch to another tab while presenting, you can select Share this tab to change what’s being shown. Optionally, you can share tab audio.
• Window: Share the contents of one of your apps, like your browser app or a document editor. Optionally, you can share system audio.
• Entire screen: Share everything on your screen. This works best when you need to switch between multiple apps or present your desktop. Optionally, you can share system audio.

macOS

• Specific window: Switch to another application and select Share This Window to present its contents.
• All application windows: Share all currently open application windows, so you can switch between them while presenting.
• Entire screen: Share everything on your screen, including the desktop.

Windows

The Proton Meet app for Windows shares the entire screen while broadcasting.

Linux

• Application window: Select an application to present its contents.
• Entire screen: Share everything on your screen, including the desktop. If you have multiple displays, you can choose which screen to share.

iOS

Select Start Broadcast.

The Proton Meet app for iPhone and iPad shares the entire screen while broadcasting.

Stop screen sharing

Web app

Select Stop sharing or Stop presenting.

In some browsers (like Brave on macOS), the Stop sharing button may sometimes look inactive. Despite being greyed out, the button still works.

Desktop apps (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Select Stop sharing your screen 🖥️.

iOS

Tap the recording indicator 🟥 in the top-left corner and then Stop to confirm.

Only the person currently sharing can stop their own screen. Hosts cannot unshare a participant’s screen for them, but they can remove that participant from the room.

Picture-in-picture mode

While presenting, Proton Meet may suggest entering picture-in-picture mode. This keeps a small meeting window on top of other apps, showing what participants see and helping you stay oriented. On some browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox, you may need to enable it manually.

For example, if you want to read your notes while sharing your screen, you can move a notes window on top of the application you’re sharing.

If you’re new to our video conferencing app, check out our guide for getting started with Proton Meet.