Please note: putting the participant on hold is just putting them in a waiting room. You would be able to readmit the participant to the meeting as you wish.
In order to remove a participant from a meeting, once you have started your Zoom meeting, hover over the participant’s video that you would like to remove.
On the top right corner of the participant’s video you will see a blue button with three dots. Click on this button.
A menu will appear. On this menu click the option that says “Place in Waiting Room” this will put the participant in a waiting room allowing you to add them back to the meeting if you choose.
This can also be done by going to the participant list, clicking more next to the participant name and clicking “Place in waiting room” from the menu that appears