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September 29, 2021
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2 SSO logins, can't switch

  • September 29, 2021
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I have an SSO login for my company.  It works fine. 

 

I just received a 2nd zoom SSO login from an educational institution.  

 

When I use the desktop zoom client (windows 10, v 5.8), it automatically logs me into company sso account..

 

I need to sometimes switch to 2nd SSO account, but when I try "Switch accounts" or sign out and then go to sign in, when I choose the SSO option, it whips by and automatically logs me into the company SSO account.  I am not given a chance to type in a domain to log into the 2nd account.

 

How can I fix this? 

    19 replies

    Community Champion | Employee
    June 7, 2022

    Is your Zoom client installation managed by IT?

    Newcomer
    June 9, 2022

    Nope. I'm a solopreneur. 😉

    Community Champion | Employee
    June 13, 2022
    Newcomer
    June 15, 2022

    I did. Sadly, each time I try to select "Sign in with Google," it just shunts me back to the Zoom app, where I am still logged into my original account. See screen grab below.

     

    Newcomer
    June 15, 2022

    Looks like the problem/topic is marked as solved -  it isn't is it? 

    Newcomer
    September 20, 2022

    It's not solved. Steps to recreate on Mac 10.15.7 

    • open zoom from closed state
    • zoom will open safari tab https://[vanity].zoom.us/profile
    • the sign in with sso window will also open.
    • the pre-filled sso is not the correct one, and clicking "continue" will open a new safari tab with whatever profile/sso is signed in online. 
    • the field to edit the sso vanity name in the sso window will not be editable. 
    Community Champion | Employee
    December 21, 2022

    If SSO is pre-filled, that is an indicator that your IT could be managing your client. Some IT departments force SSO credentials, other recommend (pre-fill the field AND allow you to change).

    (to read up about how IT can do this, this article talks about all the switches IT can configure on a managed installation.)

     

    Note. This doesn't address chgboyd's issue, which I am still looking into. My current theory is that something funky is going on with the release of his authentication token.  The client looks to the browser for login credentials (SSO) and uses those. I'm going to test to see what happens if I open an incognito window (and leave it in focus) and then switch accounts in Zoom. Should have more time to address during the holiday lull.

     

    (also note that I removed the 'mark as solved' flag. that maybe a result of overzealous clicking on my part.)

    Newcomer
    November 5, 2022

    @Eaganeer Can you please remove the "Solved" status from this? There's no solution to this in this thread. I'm also experiencing this issue and it's infuriating. It's effectively rendered my second SSO account unusable.

    Newcomer
    June 23, 2023

    I have solved this issue on my own(MAC). It's probably not IT as some might suggest, rather it's a browser setting. Zoom's Sign-in protocol looks like it uses your domain's method of signing into zoom when selecting SSO. Some of us like to save login information and sometimes have it Auto-login. Both my spouse and myself have a personal computer and work at the same institution and have both signed in to our own zooms using the SSO sign in launch page which usually signs us in automatically if it's been less than a few hours. I'm not sure what our IT department has it set to. This can be also fixed by clearing your cache. So depending on which browser you might be using, it will drive everyone nuts until they delete their cache. I was dealing with this with 2 differnt browsers and did not catch on until it dawned on me that my wife uses Firefox and I use Chrome. I wasn't paying attention that clicking on the SSO, the default browser is set to Firefox, so once i deleted the history for the past 2 hours, it finally brought up the actually credentials login page for our Company. 

     

    I hope this works for everyone and if it does, they need to make this a sticky. Trying to find a solution for this was a nightmare.

     

    Community Champion | Employee
    June 23, 2023

    Good call out GeorgeR.  Yes, the Zoom client looks to the browser for authorization. Clearing the browser cache will clear the prior login token and allow you to start with a fresh login. 

    Newcomer
    June 26, 2023

    Wouldn't a better solution be for Zoom to change their dialogue so you have to click to confirm the login rather than it automatically logging you into the last SSO you used? Then the problem doesn't arise in the first place, which seems better than letting it go on and hoping that frustrated users stumble across this discussion.

    Newcomer
    November 21, 2023

    I found a quick workaround to the issue today if anyone needs it. I teach at several institutions, which all require SSO logins. After authenticating a new SSO login tonight I encountered the issue. Signing out or switching account did not prevent Zoom from automatically using one of the SSO credentials immediately upon selecting SSO.

     

    Workaround on Desktop Client:

     

    1. open desktop client,

    2. toggle the zoom.us to zoomgov.com,

    3. select SSO under the prompt to enter company domain and dropdown,

    4. revert to zoom.us,

    5. enter domain related to SSO credentials,

    6. login

     

    Let me know if you find this helpful.

    Newcomer
    December 22, 2023

    This is an old post, but I recently experienced the same issue when I needed to borrow my wife’s laptop to take a meeting scheduled in my Zoom account. Signed her out of the client, SSO’d into my account, then couldn’t SSO back into hers. 

    My workaround: Clear the browser cache. After that, it wasn’t automatically going to my org’s SSO page and passing me through to the client. Instead, I was prompted for the domain and was able to enter hers so that she could sign in again.

    Newcomer
    February 7, 2024

    After a couple of hours trying to understand where Zoom was taking its authoritative "force to SSO on the company Zoom", I finally discovered it.

     

    On MacOS, it's in: /Library/Managed Preferences/your_username/us.zoom.config.plist

     

    Simply delete that file (and you will need to be root to do that), exit all your browsers, sign out of Zoom, then exit Zoom and start it again. I was then prompted which company I belong to and could sign it with the other SSO account.

    Newcomer
    May 3, 2024

    Something in this thread worked! Either messing with the zoom.us.ini file or the registry - in the beginning it did not, but then suddenly did, and I was allowed to chose the institution again. 

    Jesus, ZOOM, just add a field of the institution to the logon screen, with "leave blank if not sure" comment! I was doing Brave Talks with my students for half a year because of this bug?