Zoom Vanishing Pen Annotation | Draw on Screen during meetings or webinars while sharing. Zoom 5.6.3

You can annotate your screen sharing, window sharing or webinars in Zoom by using a 'vanishing pen annotation'. Zoom had annotation features before, but in this update for Zoom version 5.6.3, you can draw anywhere on the screen, and in a few seconds, annotation disappears automatically.

**Zoom vanishing pen - will disappear after two to three seconds**

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How do I use the Vanishing Pen in Zoom?

1. You need to be in a Zoom meeting and sharing your screen to use the vanishing pen which is part of the annotation toolbar. 2. Click **Annotate**. Screenshot below. 3. Click **Spotlight** and then click **Vanishing Pen**. Screenshot below. 4. **Draw** using the pen and after two to three seconds, the ink will go away.

This is a great feature since you don't have to keep using undo or erase your drawing and the vanishing pen keeps your screen annotations clean.

**Annotate** in the screen sharing toolbar

**Spotlight** in the annotation toolbar

Vanishing pen in Zoom

Vanishing pen used in Zoom - the blue ink will disappear in a couple seconds

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Zoom Vanishing Pen Annotation | Draw on Screen during meetings or webinars while sharing. Zoom 5.6.3