Starting a Scheduled Meeting on Zoom

If you are the meeting host and need to start or join a scheduled meeting, there are several ways that you can join the meeting. As the host, you can start the meeting from the Zoom desktop client for Mac, PC or Linux, the Zoom app for Android or iOS or your web browser

You can start a meeting by phone as the host using your host key. Learn more about starting a meeting by dial-in.

Note: If you are invited to another Zoom user's meeting, learn how to join the meeting.

Prerequisites

• You must have a Zoom Account to start a scheduled meeting/lecture.
• Meeting Scheduled - learn more about scheduling a meeting

Starting Your Scheduled Meeting

1. In the Zoom client, click Meetings.
   
2. Under the Upcoming tab, select the meeting you want to start. Additional options will appear.
   
3. Click Start.