To share your screen on Google Meet, click Share screen (Google's help calls it Present now) at the bottom of the call, choose A tab, A window or Your entire screen, then click Share. Tab sharing carries that tab's audio. Click Stop presenting when you're done.
How do you share your screen on Google Meet on a Windows PC?
Use Chrome or Edge. Google's steps (from Google Meet Help: Present during a video meeting) are written for Chrome, which also has the most audio options.
- Join the meeting at meet.google.com.
- Click Share screen in the bottom toolbar. It's the rectangle with an up-arrow; Google's help text still calls it Present now.
- Choose what to present: A tab, A window or Your entire screen. Chrome shows its own picker with live previews.
- Tick the audio box at the bottom of the picker if you need sound (details below).
- Click Share. Your presentation appears pinned in the Meet layout. Your camera stays on while you present.
Someone else already presenting? Pick your source the same way and click Present instead, which pauses their presentation. A single meeting can run up to 10 presentations at once, and admins or hosts can turn presenting off for participants entirely.
Should you share a tab, a window or your entire screen in Meet?
| Meet option | What viewers see | Audio | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| A tab | One Chrome tab's page content, no tab bar or address bar | That tab's sound, on by default | Clicking to another tab doesn't move the share unless you choose to |
| A window | One app or browser window, including its tab bar if it's a browser | System audio option on Windows | Dialogs and pop-ups may not appear |
| Your entire screen | The whole monitor, notifications and taskbar included | System audio option on Windows | Shows the Meet tab itself, which causes the "infinity mirror" |
For web content, A tab beats the other two by a distance. Viewers get only the page, not your bookmarks bar or the names of 30 other tabs, and the audio just works. If you want to know exactly what Meet can and can't pick up from your other tabs, we answered that in Can Google Meet see other tabs?
How do you share audio on Google Meet?
It depends on what you present:
- A tab: the tab's audio is shared by default. The toggle in the picker reads Also share tab audio.
- A window or your entire screen: tick Also share system audio in the picker. On a Mac, system audio support depends on your Chrome and macOS versions, so the dependable route is to play the video in a Chrome tab and present that tab.
Echo? Google suggests using your system's default audio output device when sharing system audio. Headphones help too, because the meeting's own sound can otherwise loop back into the system audio you're sharing.
How do you share a second monitor in Google Meet?
Choose Your entire screen and Chrome shows one thumbnail per display. Pick the monitor you want to present. Keep the Meet tab on the other monitor: that both avoids the mirror effect and lets you watch faces while you talk. In Windows, check Win + P is set to Extend, otherwise both displays show the same picture.
Can you annotate or switch tabs while presenting in Meet?
Meet offers annotation tools to the presenter and to anyone the presenter appoints as a co-annotator. Availability depends on your Google Workspace plan, so if you don't see the pen, a whiteboard app shared as a tab does the same job.
To change what you're presenting without stopping, open the tab you want and click Share this tab instead on Chrome's sharing banner. Tab presentations also get zoom controls (Zoom in, Zoom out) from 25% to 500%, which beats asking everyone to squint at a spreadsheet.
How do you stop presenting on Google Meet?
Click Stop presenting in the Meet window, or click You are presenting at the bottom right and then Stop presenting. Chrome's own sharing bar at the bottom of the screen also has a Stop sharing button that does the same thing.
How do you share your screen on Google Meet on a Mac, Android or iPhone?
Mac
The steps match Windows. On macOS Sequoia, click Allow when the screen recording prompt appears. Missed it? Add Google Chrome under System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen & System Audio Recording, then restart Chrome.
Android and iPhone
- Join the meeting in the Google Meet app.
- Tap the screen, then tap More.
- Tap Share screen, then Start Sharing. To include audio, tick the checkbox on the Present to everyone pop-up.
- To end, tap Stop sharing, then Ok.
Phone shares are always the entire screen, notifications included. Turn on Do Not Disturb before you tap Start Sharing.
Why isn't Google Meet screen sharing working?
| Problem | Likely cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Endless mirror ("infinity mirror") | You shared the screen or window that contains the Meet tab | Share a different tab or window, or move Meet to another monitor |
| Black screen for viewers | Protected video, or Chrome hardware acceleration conflict | Share the tab instead of the window; toggle Chrome's "Use graphics acceleration when available" and relaunch |
| Share screen button greyed out | Host or admin turned off presenting for participants | Ask the host to allow everyone to share their screen in Host controls |
| Mac shares only wallpaper | Chrome lacks Screen & System Audio Recording permission | Allow Chrome in Privacy & Security, then restart it |
| No sound on a shared video | Shared a window on Mac, or audio box unticked | Play the video in a Chrome tab and present that tab |
| Choppy video | Presenting a whole 4K screen on a slow uplink | Present the tab, close other heavy tabs, use a wired connection |
| You can't see participants | Your presentation is pinned and fills the layout | Click Unpin to show the presentation as a tile |
What can others see when you share your screen on Google Meet?
Chrome sends Meet a video of the surface you picked, nothing more. Meet doesn't get a list of your other tabs or windows, and it can't read them. What leaks is whatever is visible inside your selection:
- Entire screen: Windows notifications, the taskbar, the Meet tab, any app you switch to.
- A window: the full browser frame if it's Chrome, so the titles of every open tab and your bookmarks bar.
- A tab: only that page. Notifications from other sites and apps stay off the call.
The window option is the sneaky one. People pick "A window" thinking it's tight, then realise the tab strip showed a tab titled with a competitor's pricing page or a job listing. If you must share a browser window, open a fresh one with only the tabs you need.
How do you keep notes or an AI assistant private in Google Meet?
- Present a tab, keep everything else in other tabs and windows. The simplest fix, and it covers most meetings.
- Silence notifications. Chrome sites and Windows apps both raise toasts; Windows 11's Do not disturb stops both. See our guide to hiding notifications while screen sharing.
- Present a monitor that doesn't hold your notes. Two displays, Extend mode, share only one.
- Use a capture-excluded window. Chrome and Edge capture through Windows capture APIs, so a window flagged with
WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTUREis left out even from an entire-screen share. The trade-offs are in how to hide a window from screen share.
AuraCloak is a private AI chat overlay that Google Meet leaves out of your share, even a full-screen one.
Get AuraCloakAuraCloak is an invisible AI overlay for Windows built on option 4. It floats over Chrome, you show or hide it with Ctrl + Alt + Space, and its browser mode loads ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini with your existing login. It needs Windows 10 version 2004 or later; there's no Mac version. And it hides from capture, not from people: a phone camera aimed at your screen still sees it.
FAQ
Can you share your screen on Google Meet?
Yes. Click Share screen (Present now in Google's help) at the bottom of the call and choose a tab, a window or your entire screen. On Android and iPhone, tap More, then Share screen, then Start Sharing.
How do I share my screen with audio on Google Meet?
Present a Chrome tab; its audio is shared by default through Also share tab audio. For a window or the entire screen on Windows, tick Also share system audio in the picker before clicking Share.
Why does Google Meet show an infinite mirror when I share?
You're sharing the screen or window that contains the Meet tab, so Meet captures itself. Share a different tab or window, or move the Meet tab to a monitor you aren't sharing.
Can people see my notifications when I present on Google Meet?
Only if they appear inside what you share. An entire-screen share shows Windows notifications; a tab share doesn't. Turn on Do not disturb before presenting the whole screen or presenting from a phone.
How do I stop presenting on Google Meet?
Click Stop presenting in the Meet window, or click You are presenting at the bottom right and choose Stop presenting. On a phone, tap Stop sharing, then Ok.