diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/InCallPanel.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/InCallPanel.tsx
index 607c5e8..8d791d9 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/InCallPanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/InCallPanel.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { CallParticipantTile } from './CallParticipantTile';
 import { FocusIcon, GridIcon, LockIcon, MaximizeIcon, SpinnerIcon, UsersIcon } from './icons';
 import { ParticipantsPopover, type ParticipantRow } from './ParticipantsPopover';
 import { ParticipantVolumeMenu } from './ParticipantVolumeMenu';
+import { ScreenShareContextMenu } from './ScreenShareContextMenu';
 import { ScreenShareDialog } from './ScreenShareDialog';
 import { ScreenShareViewer } from './ScreenShareViewer';
 import { SoundboardPanel } from './SoundboardPanel';
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export function InCallPanel({ conversation }: Props) {
     micError,
     clearMicError,
     retryMic,
+    dismissedShareUserIds,
   } = useCall();
   const { session } = useAuth();
   const myId = session?.user.id ?? null;
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ export function InCallPanel({ conversation }: Props) {
   const [volumeMenu, setVolumeMenu] = useState<
     { userId: string; displayName: string; x: number; y: number } | null
   >(null);
+  const [shareMenu, setShareMenu] = useState<
+    { userId: string; displayName: string; hasAudio: boolean; x: number; y: number } | null
+  >(null);
   // Active-speaker auto-focus uses "who most recently started speaking"
   // rather than "exactly one speaker" — matches Discord more closely and
   // handles the case where two people talk briefly without the focus
@@ -104,13 +109,41 @@ export function InCallPanel({ conversation }: Props) {
     prevActiveSpeakersRef.current = new Set(activeSpeakers);
   }, [activeSpeakers]);
 
-  const openVolumeMenu = (tile: Tile, e: React.MouseEvent) => {
+  // Single right-click dispatcher for all tiles. User-tiles open the volume
+  // menu; screen-tiles open the share-specific menu (volume + mute + stop
+  // watching). Self-tiles get no menu — no volume to control, and you can
+  // stop your own share from the control bar.
+  const openTileContextMenu = (tile: Tile, e: React.MouseEvent) => {
     if (tile.self) return;
-    if (tile.kind !== 'user') return;
     e.preventDefault();
-    setVolumeMenu({
+    if (tile.kind === 'user') {
+      setShareMenu(null);
+      setVolumeMenu({
+        userId: tile.userId,
+        displayName: tile.displayName,
+        x: e.clientX,
+        y: e.clientY,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+    // Screen-tile. Check whether the participant has a published screen-share
+    // audio track so the menu can hide the volume/mute rows when there's
+    // nothing to control.
+    const participant = remoteParticipants.find((p) => p.identity === tile.userId);
+    let hasAudio = false;
+    if (participant) {
+      for (const pub of participant.audioTrackPublications.values()) {
+        if (pub.source === Track.Source.ScreenShareAudio) {
+          hasAudio = true;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    setVolumeMenu(null);
+    setShareMenu({
       userId: tile.userId,
-      displayName: tile.displayName,
+      displayName: tile.displayName.replace(/\s·\sBildschirm$/, ''),
+      hasAudio,
       x: e.clientX,
       y: e.clientY,
     });
@@ -135,7 +168,15 @@ export function InCallPanel({ conversation }: Props) {
     remoteMute,
     isScreenSharing,
     isCameraEnabled,
-    remoteSharerIds: new Set(remoteScreenShares.map((s) => s.participantId)),
+    // Sharer ids that survived the user's dismiss-set. If the user did
+    // "Zuschauen beenden" on someone's share, they drop out of the tile
+    // grid until that sharer stops + restarts (TrackUnsubscribed clears
+    // dismissedShareUserIds — see CallContext).
+    remoteSharerIds: new Set(
+      remoteScreenShares
+        .map((s) => s.participantId)
+        .filter((id) => !dismissedShareUserIds.has(id)),
+    ),
   });
 
   // Duration keeps ticking during reconnecting so the user sees the call is
@@ -157,11 +198,11 @@ export function InCallPanel({ conversation }: Props) {
             ? t('app:call.waiting_for_peers', { defaultValue: 'Warte auf andere…' })
             : t('app:call.connected');
 
-  // A screen-share tile becomes the auto-focus target when no one explicitly
-  // picked a tile yet. Focus ids now use Tile.id (kind-prefixed) so we can
-  // distinguish a user's own avatar tile from their screen tile.
-  const screenTile = tiles.find((p) => p.kind === 'screen');
-  const effectiveFocusedId = focusedId ?? screenTile?.id ?? tiles[0]?.id ?? null;
+  // Screen shares no longer auto-promote — the user opts in by clicking the
+  // "Bildschirm anschauen" overlay, which also toggles whether the audio
+  // plays. Focus falls back to the first tile so focus-mode always has
+  // something to show when no tile was explicitly picked.
+  const effectiveFocusedId = focusedId ?? tiles[0]?.id ?? null;
   const speaker = tiles.find((p) => p.id === effectiveFocusedId) ?? tiles[0];
 
   const controls = (
@@ -212,13 +253,15 @@ export function InCallPanel({ conversation }: Props) {
     }));
 
   if (callMode === 'fullscreen') {
-    // In fullscreen, a "manual focus" = user explicitly picked someone, OR
-    // someone is sharing a screen, OR the person who most recently started
-    // speaking (tracked in lastStartedSpeakerId). "Most recent speaker"
-    // beats "exactly one currently speaking" because two people briefly
-    // overlapping shouldn't kick us out of auto-focus.
+    // In fullscreen, a "manual focus" = user explicitly picked someone OR
+    // the person who most recently started speaking (tracked in
+    // lastStartedSpeakerId). Screen shares are no longer an auto-focus
+    // trigger; they stay as equal-size grid tiles until the user clicks
+    // one. "Most recent speaker" beats "exactly one currently speaking"
+    // because two people briefly overlapping shouldn't kick us out of
+    // auto-focus.
     const autoSpeaker =
-      focusedId === null && screenTile === undefined && lastStartedSpeakerId !== null
+      focusedId === null && lastStartedSpeakerId !== null
         ? tiles.find(
             (t) =>
               t.kind === 'user' &&
@@ -226,7 +269,7 @@ export function InCallPanel({ conversation }: Props) {
               t.userId === lastStartedSpeakerId,
           )
         : undefined;
-    const hasFocus = focusedId !== null || screenTile !== undefined || autoSpeaker !== undefined;
+    const hasFocus = focusedId !== null || autoSpeaker !== undefined;
     const effectiveSpeaker = hasFocus ? speaker ?? autoSpeaker : undefined;
     return (
       <>
@@ -253,7 +296,7 @@ export function InCallPanel({ conversation }: Props) {
             // Toggle: click the already-focused tile to return to grid.
             setFocusedId(focusedId === id ? null : id);
           }}
-          onTileContextMenu={openVolumeMenu}
+          onTileContextMenu={openTileContextMenu}
           controls={controls}
           // Any active popover / menu / banner pins the controls so the user
           // can interact with them without the chrome fading out under their
@@ -262,6 +305,7 @@ export function InCallPanel({ conversation }: Props) {
             soundboardOpen ||
             participantsOpen ||
             volumeMenu !== null ||
+            shareMenu !== null ||
             micError !== null
           }
         />
@@ -274,6 +318,16 @@ export function InCallPanel({ conversation }: Props) {
             onClose={() => setVolumeMenu(null)}
           />
         )}
+        {shareMenu && (
+          <ScreenShareContextMenu
+            userId={shareMenu.userId}
+            displayName={shareMenu.displayName}
+            hasAudio={shareMenu.hasAudio}
+            x={shareMenu.x}
+            y={shareMenu.y}
+            onClose={() => setShareMenu(null)}
+          />
+        )}
         <SoundboardPopover
           open={soundboardOpen}
           onClose={() => setSoundboardOpen(false)}
@@ -350,7 +404,7 @@ export function InCallPanel({ conversation }: Props) {
           setFocusedId(id);
           if (callMode === 'grid') setCallMode('focus');
         }}
-        onTileContextMenu={openVolumeMenu}
+        onTileContextMenu={openTileContextMenu}
         compact
       />
 
@@ -376,6 +430,17 @@ export function InCallPanel({ conversation }: Props) {
         />
       )}
 
+      {shareMenu && (
+        <ScreenShareContextMenu
+          userId={shareMenu.userId}
+          displayName={shareMenu.displayName}
+          hasAudio={shareMenu.hasAudio}
+          x={shareMenu.x}
+          y={shareMenu.y}
+          onClose={() => setShareMenu(null)}
+        />
+      )}
+
       <SoundboardPopover
         open={soundboardOpen}
         onClose={() => setSoundboardOpen(false)}
@@ -675,6 +740,7 @@ function TileRender({
     return (
       <div
         onClick={onClick}
+        onContextMenu={onContextMenu}
         className={'h-full w-full [&>div]:h-full [&>div]:w-full ' + (onClick ? 'cursor-pointer' : '')}
       >
         <ScreenShareViewer
@@ -879,6 +945,10 @@ function FullscreenCall({
   // fullscreen so tiles aren't partially obscured. Any mousemove (or a
   // popover opening via keepControlsVisible) brings them back immediately.
   const [controlsVisible, setControlsVisible] = useState(true);
+  // Session-only toggle to collapse the participant strip while watching a
+  // focused tile (screen share, speaker). Matches Discord's "Hide non-video
+  // participants" — gives the focused content the full fullscreen height.
+  const [stripHidden, setStripHidden] = useState(false);
   useEffect(() => {
     const id = window.setTimeout(() => setHintGone(true), 3500);
     return () => window.clearTimeout(id);
@@ -953,7 +1023,7 @@ function FullscreenCall({
                   : {})}
               />
             </div>
-            {others.length > 0 && (
+            {others.length > 0 && !stripHidden && (
               <div className="flex h-[160px] shrink-0 gap-2.5 overflow-x-auto px-4 pb-2">
                 {others.map((p) => (
                   <div
@@ -1032,6 +1102,38 @@ function FullscreenCall({
         </div>
       )}
 
+      {/* Hide-participant-strip toggle, only meaningful when there's a focus
+          + extras to hide. Fades alongside the bottom control bar so idle
+          fullscreen still goes clean. */}
+      {hasFocus && others.length > 0 && (
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={() => setStripHidden((v) => !v)}
+          aria-pressed={stripHidden}
+          title={
+            stripHidden
+              ? 'Teilnehmer einblenden'
+              : 'Teilnehmer ausblenden'
+          }
+          aria-label={
+            stripHidden
+              ? 'Teilnehmer einblenden'
+              : 'Teilnehmer ausblenden'
+          }
+          className={
+            'absolute right-5 top-5 z-20 flex h-9 w-9 cursor-pointer items-center justify-center rounded-lg border transition duration-200 focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent/50 ' +
+            (controlsVisible
+              ? 'pointer-events-auto opacity-100 '
+              : 'pointer-events-none opacity-0 ') +
+            (stripHidden
+              ? 'border-accent bg-accent/20 text-accent-fg'
+              : 'border-white/15 bg-white/10 text-white hover:bg-white/15')
+          }
+        >
+          <StripToggleIcon hidden={stripHidden} />
+        </button>
+      )}
+
       <div
         className={
           'absolute bottom-4 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 transition-opacity duration-200 ' +
@@ -1046,6 +1148,30 @@ function FullscreenCall({
   );
 }
 
+// Users-icon with a diagonal slash when the strip is hidden — mirrors the
+// MicOff/HeadphonesOff naming convention used elsewhere.
+function StripToggleIcon({ hidden }: { hidden: boolean }) {
+  return (
+    <svg
+      width="18"
+      height="18"
+      viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+      fill="none"
+      stroke="currentColor"
+      strokeWidth={2}
+      strokeLinecap="round"
+      strokeLinejoin="round"
+      aria-hidden="true"
+    >
+      <path d="M17 21v-2a4 4 0 0 0-4-4H5a4 4 0 0 0-4 4v2" />
+      <circle cx="9" cy="7" r="4" />
+      <path d="M23 21v-2a4 4 0 0 0-3-3.87" />
+      <path d="M16 3.13a4 4 0 0 1 0 7.75" />
+      {hidden && <line x1="2" y1="2" x2="22" y2="22" />}
+    </svg>
+  );
+}
+
 function PttHint() {
   const [ptt, setPtt] = useState<PttSettings>(() => getPttSettings());
   useEffect(() => subscribePttSettings(setPtt), []);
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/ScreenShareContextMenu.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/ScreenShareContextMenu.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9550d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/ScreenShareContextMenu.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+
+import { useCall } from '../context/CallContext';
+import {
+  getScreenShareVolume,
+  setScreenShareVolume,
+  subscribeScreenShareVolumes,
+} from '../lib/screenShareVolumes';
+import { HeadphonesIcon, HeadphonesOffIcon, MonitorShareIcon, PhoneOffIcon } from './icons';
+
+interface Props {
+  /** Participant whose screen share the user right-clicked. */
+  userId: string;
+  displayName: string;
+  /** Whether the share has an audio track published. Controls whether the
+   *  volume / mute rows render — without audio those would be no-ops. */
+  hasAudio: boolean;
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  onClose: () => void;
+}
+
+const MENU_W = 260;
+const MENU_H_WITH_AUDIO = 200;
+const MENU_H_NO_AUDIO = 96;
+
+// Context menu surfaced on right-click of a remote screen share. Mirrors
+// Discord's stream menu: volume slider, audio mute toggle (independent of
+// volume — matches HTMLMediaElement's `muted` field), and "stop watching"
+// which both un-subscribes locally and dismisses the tile from the grid.
+export function ScreenShareContextMenu({
+  userId,
+  displayName,
+  hasAudio,
+  x,
+  y,
+  onClose,
+}: Props) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation(['app']);
+  const {
+    dismissShare,
+    screenShareAudioMutedIds,
+    setScreenShareAudioMuted,
+  } = useCall();
+  const [volume, setVolume] = useState<number>(() => getScreenShareVolume(userId));
+
+  useEffect(
+    () =>
+      subscribeScreenShareVolumes(() => {
+        setVolume(getScreenShareVolume(userId));
+      }),
+    [userId],
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const onKey = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (e.key === 'Escape') onClose();
+    };
+    const onDown = (e: MouseEvent) => {
+      const target = e.target as HTMLElement | null;
+      if (target?.closest('[data-share-menu]')) return;
+      onClose();
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', onKey);
+    window.addEventListener('mousedown', onDown);
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKey);
+      window.removeEventListener('mousedown', onDown);
+    };
+  }, [onClose]);
+
+  const muted = screenShareAudioMutedIds.has(userId);
+  const height = hasAudio ? MENU_H_WITH_AUDIO : MENU_H_NO_AUDIO;
+  const left = Math.min(Math.max(8, x), window.innerWidth - MENU_W - 8);
+  const top = Math.min(Math.max(8, y), window.innerHeight - height - 8);
+
+  return createPortal(
+    <div
+      data-share-menu
+      role="menu"
+      aria-label={t('app:call.share_menu_title', {
+        defaultValue: 'Bildschirmfreigabe von {{name}}',
+        name: displayName,
+      })}
+      style={{ left, top, width: MENU_W }}
+      className="fixed z-[80] overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-line bg-surface-2/95 text-sm shadow-xl backdrop-blur-md"
+    >
+      <header className="flex items-center gap-2 border-b border-line px-3 py-2 text-xs text-fg-muted">
+        <MonitorShareIcon className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0 text-emerald-500" />
+        <span className="truncate">
+          {t('app:call.share_menu_owner', {
+            defaultValue: 'Bildschirmfreigabe · {{name}}',
+            name: displayName,
+          })}
+        </span>
+      </header>
+
+      {hasAudio && (
+        <>
+          <div className="flex flex-col gap-1.5 px-3 py-2.5">
+            <div className="flex items-center justify-between text-xs">
+              <span className="font-medium text-fg">
+                {t('app:call.share_volume', { defaultValue: 'Lautstärke' })}
+              </span>
+              <span className="tabular-nums text-fg-muted">
+                {Math.round(volume * 100)}%
+              </span>
+            </div>
+            <input
+              type="range"
+              min={0}
+              max={1}
+              step={0.01}
+              value={volume}
+              onChange={(e) => {
+                const v = Number(e.target.value);
+                setVolume(v);
+                setScreenShareVolume(userId, v);
+              }}
+              aria-label={t('app:call.share_volume', { defaultValue: 'Lautstärke' })}
+              className="w-full accent-accent"
+            />
+          </div>
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            onClick={() => setScreenShareAudioMuted(userId, !muted)}
+            className="flex w-full cursor-pointer items-center gap-2 border-t border-line px-3 py-2 text-left text-xs text-fg transition hover:bg-surface-3"
+          >
+            {muted ? (
+              <HeadphonesOffIcon className="h-4 w-4 text-rose-500" />
+            ) : (
+              <HeadphonesIcon className="h-4 w-4 text-fg-muted" />
+            )}
+            <span className="flex-1">
+              {muted
+                ? t('app:call.share_unmute_audio', { defaultValue: 'Audio einschalten' })
+                : t('app:call.share_mute_audio', { defaultValue: 'Audio stumm' })}
+            </span>
+          </button>
+        </>
+      )}
+
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={() => {
+          dismissShare(userId);
+          onClose();
+        }}
+        className="flex w-full cursor-pointer items-center gap-2 border-t border-line px-3 py-2 text-left text-xs font-semibold text-rose-600 transition hover:bg-rose-500/10 dark:text-rose-300"
+      >
+        <PhoneOffIcon className="h-4 w-4" />
+        <span>
+          {t('app:call.stop_watching', { defaultValue: 'Zuschauen beenden' })}
+        </span>
+      </button>
+    </div>,
+    document.body,
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/ScreenShareViewer.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/ScreenShareViewer.tsx
index 563f190..8393255 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/ScreenShareViewer.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/ScreenShareViewer.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { RemoteTrack } from 'livekit-client';
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 
-import type { RemoteScreenShare } from '../context/CallContext';
+import { type RemoteScreenShare, useCall } from '../context/CallContext';
 import { MonitorShareIcon } from './icons';
 
 interface ScreenShareViewerProps {
@@ -12,12 +12,21 @@ interface ScreenShareViewerProps {
 }
 
 // Click-to-watch gate, live <video> attach/detach, native fullscreen toggle.
-// Lifted out of the old InCallPanel so the new CallDock stays lean.
-export function ScreenShareViewer({ share, avatarUrl, displayName }: ScreenShareViewerProps) {
+// The watch-state lives in CallContext (not local useState) so it survives
+// layout-mode changes (grid → focus → fullscreen) without resetting. Same
+// reason the ScreenShareAudio mute follows this state — see attachTrack.
+// Right-click handling happens one level up in TileRender — the wrapping
+// div catches the event before it reaches the viewer's inner content.
+export function ScreenShareViewer({
+  share,
+  avatarUrl,
+  displayName,
+}: ScreenShareViewerProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslation(['app']);
   const videoRef = useRef<HTMLVideoElement | null>(null);
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
-  const [watching, setWatching] = useState(false);
+  const { watchingShareUserIds, watchShare } = useCall();
+  const watching = watchingShareUserIds.has(share.participantId);
   const [isFullscreen, setIsFullscreen] = useState(false);
   const letter = displayName.trim().charAt(0).toUpperCase() || '?';
 
@@ -68,31 +77,15 @@ export function ScreenShareViewer({ share, avatarUrl, displayName }: ScreenShare
           })}
         </span>
         {watching && (
-          <>
-            <button
-              type="button"
-              onClick={toggleFullscreen}
-              aria-label={t('app:call.fullscreen', { defaultValue: 'Vollbild' })}
-              title={t('app:call.fullscreen', { defaultValue: 'Vollbild' })}
-              className="inline-flex h-6 w-6 cursor-pointer items-center justify-center rounded-md text-emerald-200 transition hover:bg-white/10 focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-400/40"
-            >
-              <FullscreenIcon className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
-            </button>
-            <button
-              type="button"
-              onClick={() => {
-                if (document.fullscreenElement === containerRef.current) {
-                  void document.exitFullscreen();
-                }
-                setWatching(false);
-              }}
-              aria-label={t('app:call.stop_watching', { defaultValue: 'Nicht mehr anschauen' })}
-              title={t('app:call.stop_watching', { defaultValue: 'Nicht mehr anschauen' })}
-              className="inline-flex h-6 w-6 cursor-pointer items-center justify-center rounded-md text-emerald-200 transition hover:bg-white/10 focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-400/40"
-            >
-              <span aria-hidden="true" className="text-[14px] leading-none">×</span>
-            </button>
-          </>
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            onClick={toggleFullscreen}
+            aria-label={t('app:call.fullscreen', { defaultValue: 'Vollbild' })}
+            title={t('app:call.fullscreen', { defaultValue: 'Vollbild' })}
+            className="inline-flex h-6 w-6 cursor-pointer items-center justify-center rounded-md text-emerald-200 transition hover:bg-white/10 focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-emerald-400/40"
+          >
+            <FullscreenIcon className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+          </button>
         )}
       </div>
 
@@ -108,7 +101,7 @@ export function ScreenShareViewer({ share, avatarUrl, displayName }: ScreenShare
       ) : (
         <button
           type="button"
-          onClick={() => setWatching(true)}
+          onClick={() => watchShare(share.participantId)}
           aria-label={t('app:call.watch_screen', { defaultValue: 'Bildschirm anschauen' })}
           className="group relative block w-full cursor-pointer overflow-hidden bg-ink-900 focus:outline-none"
           style={{ aspectRatio: '16 / 9' }}
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/context/CallContext.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/context/CallContext.tsx
index e2c7012..97e8be6 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/context/CallContext.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/context/CallContext.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ import {
 } from '../lib/callE2EE';
 import { createMicPipeline, type MicPipeline } from '../lib/micPipeline';
 import { getParticipantVolume } from '../lib/participantVolumes';
+import {
+  clearScreenShareVolumes,
+  getScreenShareVolume,
+} from '../lib/screenShareVolumes';
 import { startSoundboardHotkeys } from '../lib/soundboardHotkeys';
 import { playEntry } from '../lib/soundboardPlayback';
 import {
@@ -142,6 +146,15 @@ interface CallContextValue {
   isScreenSharing: boolean;
   isCameraEnabled: boolean;
   isDeafened: boolean;
+  /** Participants whose screen share the local user has actively clicked
+   *  "Bildschirm anschauen" on. Session-only (cleared on call end). Used to
+   *  gate both the <video> rendering and the ScreenShareAudio playback so
+   *  sound only plays after an explicit opt-in. */
+  watchingShareUserIds: ReadonlySet<string>;
+  /** Participants whose share has been right-click dismissed ("Zuschauen
+   *  beenden"). Filters their screen-tile out of the grid until they stop
+   *  + restart sharing (track-unsubscribe clears the entry). */
+  dismissedShareUserIds: ReadonlySet<string>;
   /** identity -> their deafen state, received via data channel. */
   remoteDeafen: Record<string, boolean>;
   /** identity -> mute state. Broadcast from peer whenever mic-gain flips.
@@ -205,6 +218,20 @@ interface CallContextValue {
   /** Retry mic acquisition using the current audioSettings. Safe to call
    *  multiple times; no-op if there's no active room. */
   retryMic: () => Promise<void>;
+  /** Flip a user's screen share into the watching state (video plays + audio
+   *  unmutes). */
+  watchShare: (userId: string) => void;
+  /** Flip out of watching state (video pauses / placeholder + audio mutes).
+   *  Does NOT dismiss the tile — use dismissShare to hide it entirely. */
+  stopWatchingShare: (userId: string) => void;
+  /** Remove a share tile from view for the rest of this session (or until
+   *  the sharer stops + restarts). Also clears watching if applicable. */
+  dismissShare: (userId: string) => void;
+  /** Per-share-audio manual mute flag (in addition to the watching gate).
+   *  When true, the ScreenShareAudio stays muted even when watching is on
+   *  — lets the user watch the video without the audio track. */
+  screenShareAudioMutedIds: ReadonlySet<string>;
+  setScreenShareAudioMuted: (userId: string, muted: boolean) => void;
 }
 
 const CallContext = createContext<CallContextValue | null>(null);
@@ -237,6 +264,15 @@ export function CallProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     () => new Set<string>(),
   );
   const [micError, setMicError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [watchingShareUserIds, setWatchingShareUserIds] = useState<ReadonlySet<string>>(
+    () => new Set<string>(),
+  );
+  const [dismissedShareUserIds, setDismissedShareUserIds] = useState<ReadonlySet<string>>(
+    () => new Set<string>(),
+  );
+  const [screenShareAudioMutedIds, setScreenShareAudioMutedIds] = useState<
+    ReadonlySet<string>
+  >(() => new Set<string>());
 
   const signalChannelRef = useRef<RealtimeChannel | null>(null);
   const presenceChannelRef = useRef<RealtimeChannel | null>(null);
@@ -702,7 +738,34 @@ export function CallProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
       r.on(RoomEvent.TrackUnsubscribed, (track, publication, participant) => {
         detachTrack(track, publication, participant);
         if (track.kind === Track.Kind.Video) {
+          const wasShare =
+            track.source === Track.Source.ScreenShare ||
+            publication.source === Track.Source.ScreenShare;
           setRemoteScreenShares((prev) => prev.filter((s) => s.track.sid !== track.sid));
+          // Clean up watching / dismissed state for the sharer so a fresh
+          // restart from the same user shows the overlay again (Discord
+          // resets dismiss when a new stream begins).
+          if (wasShare && participant.identity) {
+            const identity = participant.identity;
+            setWatchingShareUserIds((prev) => {
+              if (!prev.has(identity)) return prev;
+              const next = new Set(prev);
+              next.delete(identity);
+              return next;
+            });
+            setDismissedShareUserIds((prev) => {
+              if (!prev.has(identity)) return prev;
+              const next = new Set(prev);
+              next.delete(identity);
+              return next;
+            });
+            setScreenShareAudioMutedIds((prev) => {
+              if (!prev.has(identity)) return prev;
+              const next = new Set(prev);
+              next.delete(identity);
+              return next;
+            });
+          }
         }
       });
 
@@ -1159,11 +1222,24 @@ export function CallProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
       deafenedActive = next;
       // Apply to every currently-attached remote-audio element. Fresh tracks
       // that attach during a deafened session are muted in attachTrack above.
+      // When un-deafening, screen-share-audio elements should fall back to
+      // the watching state (muted unless the user clicked "Bildschirm
+      // anschauen") rather than being blanket-unmuted like mic tracks.
       const els = document.querySelectorAll<HTMLAudioElement>(
         'audio[data-livekit-track]',
       );
       els.forEach((el) => {
-        el.muted = next;
+        if (next) {
+          el.muted = true;
+          return;
+        }
+        const source = el.getAttribute('data-track-source');
+        if (source === 'screenshare') {
+          const pid = el.getAttribute('data-participant');
+          el.muted = !(pid && watchingShareUserIdsMirror.has(pid));
+        } else {
+          el.muted = false;
+        }
       });
 
       // Discord-parity: deafen implies mute. Remember the pre-deafen mute
@@ -1653,6 +1729,61 @@ export function CallProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     setMicError(null);
   }, []);
 
+  const watchShare = useCallback((userId: string) => {
+    setWatchingShareUserIds((prev) => {
+      if (prev.has(userId)) return prev;
+      const next = new Set(prev);
+      next.add(userId);
+      return next;
+    });
+    // Un-dismiss in case the user had dismissed earlier in the session and
+    // now wants to watch again (Discord also lets you re-subscribe).
+    setDismissedShareUserIds((prev) => {
+      if (!prev.has(userId)) return prev;
+      const next = new Set(prev);
+      next.delete(userId);
+      return next;
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  const stopWatchingShare = useCallback((userId: string) => {
+    setWatchingShareUserIds((prev) => {
+      if (!prev.has(userId)) return prev;
+      const next = new Set(prev);
+      next.delete(userId);
+      return next;
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  const dismissShare = useCallback((userId: string) => {
+    setWatchingShareUserIds((prev) => {
+      if (!prev.has(userId)) return prev;
+      const next = new Set(prev);
+      next.delete(userId);
+      return next;
+    });
+    setDismissedShareUserIds((prev) => {
+      if (prev.has(userId)) return prev;
+      const next = new Set(prev);
+      next.add(userId);
+      return next;
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  const setScreenShareAudioMuted = useCallback(
+    (userId: string, muted: boolean) => {
+      setScreenShareAudioMutedIds((prev) => {
+        const has = prev.has(userId);
+        if (muted === has) return prev;
+        const next = new Set(prev);
+        if (muted) next.add(userId);
+        else next.delete(userId);
+        return next;
+      });
+    },
+    [],
+  );
+
   const retryMic = useCallback(async () => {
     const r = roomRef.current;
     if (!r) {
@@ -1662,14 +1793,43 @@ export function CallProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     await setupMicPipeline(r);
   }, [setupMicPipeline]);
 
-  // Clear the stale mic-error state whenever a call fully tears down so the
-  // next join starts with a clean slate.
+  // Clear the stale mic-error + screen-share session state whenever a call
+  // fully tears down so the next join starts with a clean slate.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (state.kind === 'idle' || state.kind === 'error') {
       setMicError(null);
+      setWatchingShareUserIds(new Set<string>());
+      setDismissedShareUserIds(new Set<string>());
+      setScreenShareAudioMutedIds(new Set<string>());
+      clearScreenShareVolumes();
     }
   }, [state.kind]);
 
+  // Keep the module-level mirrors in sync so attachTrack (which is defined
+  // outside the React component and runs from LiveKit event callbacks) can
+  // decide the initial muted-state for ScreenShareAudio elements. Also
+  // re-applies the muted state to already-attached elements on every flip
+  // — covers both watching changes and manual mute toggles from the
+  // context menu.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    watchingShareUserIdsMirror = watchingShareUserIds;
+    screenShareAudioMutedIdsMirror = screenShareAudioMutedIds;
+    const nodes = document.querySelectorAll<HTMLAudioElement>(
+      'audio[data-track-source="screenshare"]',
+    );
+    nodes.forEach((el) => {
+      if (deafenedActive) {
+        el.muted = true;
+        return;
+      }
+      const pid = el.getAttribute('data-participant');
+      if (!pid) return;
+      const watching = watchingShareUserIds.has(pid);
+      const manualMuted = screenShareAudioMutedIds.has(pid);
+      el.muted = !watching || manualMuted;
+    });
+  }, [watchingShareUserIds, screenShareAudioMutedIds]);
+
   const setAudioOutputDevice = useCallback(async (deviceId: string | null) => {
     updateAudioSettings({ outputDeviceId: deviceId });
     const sinkId = deviceId ?? '';
@@ -1777,6 +1937,13 @@ export function CallProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
       micError,
       clearMicError,
       retryMic,
+      watchingShareUserIds,
+      dismissedShareUserIds,
+      watchShare,
+      stopWatchingShare,
+      dismissShare,
+      screenShareAudioMutedIds,
+      setScreenShareAudioMuted,
     }),
     [
       state,
@@ -1817,6 +1984,13 @@ export function CallProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
       micError,
       clearMicError,
       retryMic,
+      watchingShareUserIds,
+      dismissedShareUserIds,
+      watchShare,
+      stopWatchingShare,
+      dismissShare,
+      screenShareAudioMutedIds,
+      setScreenShareAudioMuted,
     ],
   );
 
@@ -1834,6 +2008,17 @@ export function useCall(): CallContextValue {
 // audio elements. Toggled by toggleDeafen in sync with the React state.
 let deafenedActive = false;
 
+// Same pattern for the "which shares is the user actively watching" set —
+// used by attachTrack to decide whether a freshly-landed ScreenShareAudio
+// track should start muted. Synced from React via a useEffect inside
+// CallProvider.
+let watchingShareUserIdsMirror: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set<string>();
+
+// Manual mute flags for screen-share audio, independent of the watching
+// state. When a userId sits in here, their share-audio stays muted even
+// after the user clicked "Bildschirm anschauen".
+let screenShareAudioMutedIdsMirror: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set<string>();
+
 async function broadcastPresence(
   room: Room,
   deafened: boolean,
@@ -1851,7 +2036,7 @@ async function broadcastPresence(
 
 function attachTrack(
   track: RemoteTrack,
-  _publication: RemoteTrackPublication,
+  publication: RemoteTrackPublication,
   participant: RemoteParticipant,
 ): void {
   if (track.kind === Track.Kind.Audio) {
@@ -1860,11 +2045,34 @@ function attachTrack(
       audio.autoplay = true;
       audio.setAttribute('playsinline', 'true');
       audio.setAttribute('data-livekit-track', track.sid ?? '');
+      const isScreenShareAudio =
+        track.source === Track.Source.ScreenShareAudio ||
+        publication.source === Track.Source.ScreenShareAudio;
+      if (isScreenShareAudio) {
+        audio.setAttribute('data-track-source', 'screenshare');
+      }
       if (participant.identity) {
         audio.setAttribute('data-participant', participant.identity);
-        audio.volume = getParticipantVolume(participant.identity);
+        audio.volume = isScreenShareAudio
+          ? getScreenShareVolume(participant.identity)
+          : getParticipantVolume(participant.identity);
+      }
+      // Mute rules, in priority order:
+      //  1. Deafen wins — user chose to hear nothing at all.
+      //  2. ScreenShareAudio is muted until the user explicitly clicks
+      //     "Bildschirm anschauen" (watching gate).
+      //  3. ScreenShareAudio is also muted when the user flipped the
+      //     manual mute toggle in the share context menu, regardless of
+      //     watching state.
+      //  4. Everything else starts audible.
+      if (deafenedActive) {
+        audio.muted = true;
+      } else if (isScreenShareAudio) {
+        const pid = participant.identity ?? '';
+        const watching = pid !== '' && watchingShareUserIdsMirror.has(pid);
+        const manualMuted = pid !== '' && screenShareAudioMutedIdsMirror.has(pid);
+        audio.muted = !watching || manualMuted;
       }
-      if (deafenedActive) audio.muted = true;
       document.body.appendChild(audio);
       // Apply persisted sinkId so the element routes to the user's chosen
       // speaker/headphone from the start (LiveKit's own `switchActiveDevice`
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/screenShareVolumes.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/screenShareVolumes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8fda26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/screenShareVolumes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Session-only per-share audio volume. Mirror of `participantVolumes` but
+// NOT persisted — when the user leaves the call or restarts the app, these
+// reset to default. Intentional: the relevant trackSid is ephemeral anyway,
+// and users don't expect screen-share volume to survive between sessions.
+//
+// Keys are participantIds (LiveKit identity). There's one screen-share per
+// participant at a time in LiveKit, so keying by id keeps the API aligned
+// with how the context menu surfaces the control ("Dennis's share").
+
+const DEFAULT_VOLUME = 1;
+
+type VolumeMap = Record<string, number>;
+type Listener = (map: VolumeMap) => void;
+
+let current: VolumeMap = {};
+const listeners = new Set<Listener>();
+
+function clamp(v: number): number {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(v)) return DEFAULT_VOLUME;
+  if (v < 0) return 0;
+  if (v > 1) return 1;
+  return v;
+}
+
+function notify(): void {
+  for (const fn of listeners) fn(current);
+}
+
+export function getScreenShareVolume(userId: string): number {
+  return current[userId] ?? DEFAULT_VOLUME;
+}
+
+export function setScreenShareVolume(userId: string, volume: number): void {
+  const next = clamp(volume);
+  if (next === (current[userId] ?? DEFAULT_VOLUME)) return;
+  current = { ...current, [userId]: next };
+  applyToAttachedElements(userId, next);
+  notify();
+}
+
+export function subscribeScreenShareVolumes(fn: Listener): () => void {
+  listeners.add(fn);
+  return () => {
+    listeners.delete(fn);
+  };
+}
+
+// Reset on call end — called from CallContext when CallState.idle triggers.
+export function clearScreenShareVolumes(): void {
+  if (Object.keys(current).length === 0) return;
+  current = {};
+  notify();
+}
+
+// Live-apply to any <audio> element already attached for this share. The
+// elements are tagged by attachTrack in CallContext with
+// `data-participant="<identity>"` + `data-track-source="screenshare"` — the
+// combined selector makes sure we don't retarget the mic audio for the same
+// user (different track-source).
+function applyToAttachedElements(userId: string, volume: number): void {
+  const nodes = document.querySelectorAll<HTMLAudioElement>(
+    'audio[data-participant="' +
+      cssEscape(userId) +
+      '"][data-track-source="screenshare"]',
+  );
+  nodes.forEach((el) => {
+    el.volume = volume;
+  });
+}
+
+function cssEscape(v: string): string {
+  if (typeof (globalThis as { CSS?: { escape?: (s: string) => string } }).CSS
+    ?.escape === 'function') {
+    return (globalThis as { CSS: { escape: (s: string) => string } }).CSS.escape(v);
+  }
+  return v.replace(/"/g, '\\"');
+}