diff --git a/react/features/subtitles/components/AbstractClosedCaptionButton.js b/react/features/subtitles/components/AbstractClosedCaptionButton.js
index cd197acf786d..d927746a25aa 100644
--- a/react/features/subtitles/components/AbstractClosedCaptionButton.js
+++ b/react/features/subtitles/components/AbstractClosedCaptionButton.js
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ export class AbstractClosedCaptionButton
  */
 export function _abstractMapStateToProps(state: Object, ownProps: Object) {
     const { _requestingSubtitles } = state['features/subtitles'];
+    const { isGuest = true } = state['features/base/jwt'];
     const { transcribingEnabled } = state['features/base/config'];
-    const { visible = Boolean(transcribingEnabled) } = ownProps;
+    const { visible = Boolean(transcribingEnabled && !isGuest) } = ownProps;
 
     return {
         _requestingSubtitles,
diff --git a/react/features/subtitles/components/ClosedCaptionButton.native.js b/react/features/subtitles/components/ClosedCaptionButton.native.js
index b0887fe22cb5..ce37ae724186 100644
--- a/react/features/subtitles/components/ClosedCaptionButton.native.js
+++ b/react/features/subtitles/components/ClosedCaptionButton.native.js
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ class ClosedCaptionButton
  */
 export function mapStateToProps(state: Object, ownProps: Object) {
     const { transcribingEnabled } = state['features/base/config'];
-    const enabled = getFeatureFlag(state, CLOSE_CAPTIONS_ENABLED, true) && transcribingEnabled;
+    const { isGuest = true } = state['features/base/jwt'];
+    const enabled = getFeatureFlag(state, CLOSE_CAPTIONS_ENABLED, true) && transcribingEnabled && !isGuest;
     const { visible = enabled } = ownProps;
 
     return {