Zoom: Session Duration and Timeouts
Covers settings and defaults in Zoom for timeouts and meeting durations
Showing Meeting Duration
It is possible to include a clock on the meeting display to show everyone how long the meeting has been taking place. Using Zoom in a browser does not support this setting.
On Mac
- Open your Zoom app.
- In the upper-left corner of your screen, click zoom.us.
- Click Settings on the drop-down menu that appears.
- In the new Settings window that pops up, ensure you are on the General tab or select General - the first option in the left-side menu. Then ensure the "Show meeting timers" option is checked.
- Now you will see a clock in the top right corner of your Zoom meeting screen.
On Windows
- Click the ^ next to the Mute/Unmute button on the bottom right side of the screen and select Audio Settings… from the menu that pops up.
- You will see a list of settings. Click General on the menu on the left side panel.
- Select the Show My Connected Time setting so that a blue checkmark appears.
- Now you will see a clock in the top right corner of the Zoom meeting screen.
Zoom Session Timeout
Zoom sessions that are inactive or idle have timeout implications. Read below for more details:
- Meeting ends after 30 hours (active or idle)
- 1 host, no participant
- 1 host, any number of participants
- 0 host, any number of participants (join before host)
- Meeting ends after 40 minutes (active or idle)
- 1 host and 1 or more participants joined. Only one person remains in the meeting. The meeting will end 40 minutes later if no one else joins.
Read More about Zoom's timeout feature on their Time Limit page.