--- title: "Adjust the Personal Room Automatic Lock" canonical: "https://kb.uconn.edu/space/IKB/10789816576/Adjust%20the%20Personal%20Room%20Automatic%20Lock" format: markdown --- > Macro (excerpt-include) To help maintain the security of Webex meetings and prevent uninvited guests from attending, all personal rooms will begin in a locked state. All participants will have to be admitted by the host (professor or TA with host privileges). Learn how to use the Room Lock feature at [Locking the Webex Room](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10770814459). > ⚠️ Only Personal Rooms will begin in a locked state, not Scheduled Meetings. However, if you scheduled a Meeting to use your Personal Room by scheduling through Outlook, then the Meeting will be affected by the Auto-Lock. ## Adjusting the Auto-Lock of a Personal Room 1. Navigate to [webex.uconn.edu](http://webex.uconn.edu) and sign in using the green "UConn Webex Login" button. Click **Sign In**. 2. After signing in, you will be brought to your Webex Home page. 3. Click on** Preferences** in the left menu. 4. Click **My Personal Room**. In this tab, you will find options to enable/disable the auto-lock. You may also change how long Webex waits before locking the Personal Room. ## Related Articles > Macro (contentbylabel) > Macro (details) > > | Related issues | | > | --- | --- |