How to join 2 or attend multiple meetings simultaneously on Zoom

Before the impact of the Covid pandemic, Zoom was the lifesaving software for millions of people worldwide. However, while using Zoom, there will be many situations where you need to join 2 or multiple meetings on Zoom simultaneously for work, meetings, customer support,... To solve this problem, Mytour invites you to refer to how to join 2 meetings on Zoom in the content of the article below.

How to participate in multiple Zoom meetings simultaneously with free or paid accounts

1. How to join 2 meetings on Zoom from a paid Zoom account

Joining multiple meetings or webinars simultaneously on different tabs of Zoom's web interface allows users to participate in and monitor multiple Zoom meetings at once. This can only be done when attending meetings from a desktop computer and owning a Zoom Business or Education account. Free account users cannot use this feature.

If you have 2 paid accounts, joining 2 meetings on Zoom simultaneously will be possible when the system administrator enables the 'Join different meetings simultaneously on desktop' feature. Next, you'll need to check the 'Join different meetings simultaneously on desktop' option from the settings section of your Zoom account.

The specific steps are as follows:

Step 1: Log in to your Zoom account using your username and password. Click quick access Here.
Step 2: On the Zoom interface, select 'my account'.

Step 3: On the navigation screen, select 'settings' and then choose 'in meetings (basic)'.

Step 4: Next, find and activate the 'Join different meetings simultaneously on desktop' feature. If you can't find this feature, you need to check the type of account you're using or contact your system administrator for assistance.

Step 5: After activating this feature, you can join a meeting by clicking 'join' on the meeting invite link or via ID and password as usual. Additionally, you can also access Zoom us, log in to your account, and enter the meeting ID in the 'join a meeting' section.

Note: Depending on the type of account you're using (User, Account, or Group), the method to activate the 'join different meetings simultaneously' feature on your computer will vary. For detailed activation instructions for each account type, you can refer to the supportZoom US.

2. How to join 2 Zoom meetings with a free account.

As mentioned earlier, the feature to join multiple meetings simultaneously on Zoom only applies to Zoom business and Zoom education accounts. If you have a free Zoom account, when you attempt to join another meeting on Zoom, you'll need to end the current meeting. To address this issue, you can consider using some tricks like the following:

2.1. How to join multiple Zoom meetings simultaneously using a browser

With a free Zoom account, you're limited to one Zoom session at a time. However, concurrently with the ongoing meeting, you can use Zoom on the web (without logging into your account) to join another meeting with an invitation link.

Step 1: Paste the invitation link of the Zoom meeting into the incognito browser window.

At this point, if you click 'start meeting' as usual, you'll need to end the meeting you're currently attending. However, because you want to attend two Zoom meetings simultaneously, you'll click 'cancel' to close the ongoing meeting several times.

Step 2: After clicking cancel, the option 'join from your browser' will appear, and you need to click on this option to switch to Zoom on the web browser.

Step 3: On the Zoom web interface, click 'allow' to allow Zoom to use your microphone and camera. Then, enter the name you want to display in the meeting and click 'join'.

Step 4: The screen displays the ongoing meeting with the basic features of the Zoom desktop version.

Note: You can also use this method to join multiple meetings on your computer from various incognito tabs in your computer's browser.

2.2. Joining multiple Zoom meetings with multiple accounts on different devices

Although not as convenient as the method above, this approach is also great for joining multiple Zoom meetings simultaneously. All you need to do is create multiple free Zoom accounts on different devices and join meetings using the meeting ID, password, or invitation link.

Note:

- Because attending multiple Zoom meetings from your computer can lead to noise issues in the meetings. To mitigate this, you can adjust the volume lower for less important meetings and prioritize volume for more important ones by adjusting the volume settings on your computer for each meeting.

- You can only use the feature to join multiple Zoom meetings simultaneously from a computer and cannot do so on a mobile device.

Above are the details on how to join 2 meetings on Zoom, how to join multiple Zoom meetings simultaneously for users with free and paid Zoom accounts. Refer to the tricks in this article to enhance your Zoom experience!

During your Zoom usage, there may be times when you need to use the feature that allows multiple participants to share their screens for easier document and result tracking. If you're unsure how to do this, you can refer to our article on how to view multiple screens on Zoom.