If you want to control who can access your Menti, you can require participants to log in before responding. This feature is called Verified Participants. Only people who successfully log in through your organization's identity provider can join and respond, giving you greater control and transparency over who participates. Requiring login works in both live Presentation mode and Survey mode.
Who can use this: Verified Participants is available on Enterprise plans only. Before presenters can use it, an Enterprise workspace owner or admin must enable it in Workspace Settings → Permissions. If the option is missing from your editor, ask your workspace admin, setup details are in Configuring Verified Participants for IT Admins.
How to require login for your Menti
Open your Menti in the Edit view.
In the menu on the right-hand side of the editor, open the Participant settings tab.
Under Login required, toggle on "Participants are required to log in."
Now when your participants join the Menti, they will be asked to log in before participating:
Pro tip: For increased psychological safety and attendance tracking, use our Participant names feature together with the Login required feature. This way you can both control access, and know exactly who has participated and who responded what.
Who can join a Menti that requires login?
Only participants included in your organization's Participant SSO configuration can join. SSO (Single Sign-On) is the login system connected to your organization's identity provider (IdP), for example Entra ID or Okta, and the configuration is managed by your IT admin, as described in Configuring Verified Participants for IT Admins.
If your audience includes external guests, either ask your IT admin whether they can be added, or turn off Login required for that session.
Does requiring login show me who answered what?
No, not by itself. Login required controls access; it does not link responses to identities. To see who answered what, combine it with the Participant names feature. The three settings control different things:
Login required: only people who can log in can access the Menti and participate.
Participant names are required: the presenter and editors can see participant names on the Results page.
Show names to participants: both the presenter and the participants see names live during the Menti.
Using Login required together with Participant names gives you both access control and full attendance tracking. See Use cases for Verified Participants for how to combine these settings for your scenario.
Can I change the Login required setting during a session?
No. Once you have started receiving responses, you cannot change the Login required setting without first clearing the results. Decide before your session starts whether login should be required.
Best practices for sessions with logged-in participants
Tell participants in advance that they will need to log in, so nobody is surprised at join time.
If you're unsure who is able to log in, check with your organization's IT admin (the person who manages your identity provider).
Use this feature when you need access control, attendance tracking, or enhanced security — for anonymous input, leave it off, since anonymity is one of Mentimeter's strengths for honest responses.
Troubleshooting: participants can't join
If participants see a login prompt but can't get in, they are most likely not included in your organization's Participant SSO configuration. Ask your IT admin to check whether those users are covered, this is the most common cause, especially for external guests (see "Who can join" above).