I Can’t Mute or Lower Individual Audio in Teams Screen Sharing During Meetings

We were in a Microsoft Teams meeting with 4 people, trying to collaborate in two different ways: two participants were watching a stream, while the other two were playing a game. Naturally, we needed to manage the audio levels to avoid distractions—but that turned out to be impossible.

There is no way to mute or reduce the volume of specific participants during screen sharing, nor is there an option to separately control shared content audio vs. participant voices. This created a frustrating situation where we couldn't focus, and the shared content was too loud, completely overriding everyone else’s voices.

Why does a platform like Teams, which promotes productivity and flexibility, not have basic audio controls during screen sharing? It should be standard functionality to mute or lower the volume of individual users or shared audio content without muting the entire call.

Microsoft needs to seriously improve this aspect of Teams. We need granular audio controls, especially in group meetings with multiple tasks happening at once. It’s disruptive, limiting, and feels like a major oversight in an app meant for collaboration. Please fix this—it’s affecting the way teams actually work together.