If you’ve been invited to join a meeting on Zoom and it’s your first time, don’t worry. Here’s how to join a Zoom meeting from a web browser, the desktop client, as well as the mobile app.
How to Join a Zoom Meeting on a Web Browser
Joining a Zoom meeting via your internet browser is incredibly easy—it’s this level of accessibility that became the main reason why Zoom quickly took the world by storm.
First and foremost, you need to be invited to join a meeting. There are two ways that you can be invited: you’ll either receive a link to a meeting room, or you’ll be sent a meeting room ID.
Here’s what you should do next:
If you have a link to a meeting room, simply click on the link and your browser will open a new tab. You will be greeted with a notification prompting you to download the Zoom software onto your desktop. Ignore the notification, and click on the big blue button that says Launch Meeting. The same notification will pop up asking you to download Zoom. Ignore it once more by clicking Cancel, scroll down, and click on Join from Your Browser. You will be redirected to the meeting in a new window. Enter the name that you want to be displayed to others, and then select I’m Not A Robot. Complete the CAPTCHA, and select the blue button that says Join. You’re now in the meeting.
How to Join a Zoom Meeting on the Desktop Client
If the popups bother you and you finally decide to download Zoom onto your desktop, here’s how to join a Zoom meeting on your personal device. However, before doing so, here are some Zoom privacy issues that you may want to consider.
To join a Zoom meeting via the desktop client, you need to first have the Zoom software downloaded on your device. You can either download Zoom by clicking on the notification as mentioned above, or you can go to Zoom’s website to download the software.
Download: Zoom for Window and Mac (Free)
Once you’ve downloaded it, open Zoom on your desktop. Next, follow these simple steps:
Click on Join A Meeting. Enter a meeting ID or a personal link name. Enter the name that you want to be displayed to others. Click Join. You’re now in a Zoom meeting.
How to Join a Zoom Meeting on the Mobile Zoom App
This is a no-brainer—to join a Zoom meeting on your smartphone, you need to first download the app onto your phone. The Zoom app is free on both iOS and Android.
Download: Zoom for Android | iOS (Free)
Once you’ve done so, the steps to join a meeting via the Zoom app are similar to how you would do it on desktop. Here’s how:
Click on Join A Meeting. Enter the meeting ID or a personal link name. 2 Images Close Enter the name that you want to be displayed to others. Once that’s done, click Join. You are now in a meeting room.
Meet Your Friends And Colleagues on Zoom
Joining a meeting on Zoom, regardless of the platform, is incredibly easy. After all, Zoom’s foolproof interface is precisely the reason why it blew up in the first place.
If you have never used Zoom before and you’ve been invited to a meeting, what are you waiting for? Give it a crack.
