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I DON'T WANT ZOOM WORKPLACE - how do I turn it off?

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May 6, 2024
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I went into my Zoom today, which I use for personal reasons to stay in touch with family. I opened on my desktop, per usual, signed in, and it immediately took me to "Zoom Workplace" and all my scheduled meetings were gone. I had to go onto Zoom's website and login to my account there in order to find them.

I do not want Zoom workplace. I do not want to be charged for Zoom workplace. I don't want to have to sign in through the website. If I find out I'm being charged extra for a service I neither wanted nor use, I'm cancelling my account and moving to another online meeting platform.

Does anyone know how to switch back, or have experienced this?

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Best answer by storyhub

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!!! Your recurring meetings are NOT GONE! In the meetings tab look at the very bottom of the window and you will see a link that says "Recurring (XX)" (where XX is the number of recurring meetings).

Zoom Workplace is simply the latest version of Zoom and offers numerous features in part includes to manage chatting before, during, and after, scheduling, calendaring, starting, and editing meetings.

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DebinOregon

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I, too, am frustrated! I have many scheduled meetings, several of which are set up as recurring meetings and they can no longer be accessed from Zoom client. So far I hate it.

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meriment

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This is the new format for the Zoom client. You could keep a spreadsheet with a list of all your recurring meetings and the links so that you can easily access them. Alternatively, there is a Zoom app, Salepager, that lets you schedule recurring meetings and invite attendees. All the recurring meetings are saved in one interface and you can tap to copy any links.

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Beastfan

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Me too! ALL my scheduled recurring meetings are GONE! Fortunately, I have the Meeting IDs and Passwords, but this is NOT acceptable! Zoom Powers That Be... PLEASE HELP!

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bct2

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I see complaints about zoom workplace that mirror mine but no solutions. Someone help!!

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drwall

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Same here. Never asked for Zoom Workplace and now it's listing my emails and giving me annoying pop-ups when I get an email, which I hate. Make it stop!

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plow166

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I'm having the same problem. Plus I can't reach a live person to help me. Very frustrating!!

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danahob

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Yes! I'm having the same problem! I did have a tech from Hewlett Packard update my laptop a few days ago. But I don't want Zoom workplace either. Wondering if that's the reason??

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AlzSpks

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Yes, it says it's the latest and greatest version, with a new name. UGGG Really. I say test your changes before you roll them out!

storyhubAnswer

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GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!!! Your recurring meetings are NOT GONE! In the meetings tab look at the very bottom of the window and you will see a link that says "Recurring (XX)" (where XX is the number of recurring meetings).

Zoom Workplace is simply the latest version of Zoom and offers numerous features in part includes to manage chatting before, during, and after, scheduling, calendaring, starting, and editing meetings.

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KimJ

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This did not answer the question. How do i get rid of it? I don't want it, don't need it and i am tired of putting up with all the bugs. It is hi-jacking my outlook mail and calendar. I need basic Zoom. How do i kill Workplace and get basic Zoom back?

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drecdevineAuthor

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I appreciate the instructions. Thanks! But many of us do not like the new platform. I find it very clunky. I have Zoom through my employer for meetings....but I also pay for a personal account for meeting up with my friends and family. I don't need a "workplace" for that, and therefore automatically blanketing me with these features and without choice is not fair to all Zoom consumers.

storyhub

Community Super Champion | Customer

I manage 6 enterprise accounts each with multiple hosts and a personal account that has over 50 recurring meetings with friends plus numerous other meetings that we join. I have developed one click shortcuts on PCs, iPads, and iPhones that can join or start a meeting without having to sign in first.

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drecdevineAuthor

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I am now out of the US for the summer and I am still waiting, weeks later, for my Zoom account to be changed back to its original. I don't know how it was changed back to the original for some, but not for mine. Don't try to convince me this is better; just tell me what I need to do to get out of workplace, because I am not paying to use this for my workplace!!!

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Beastfan

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Good morning! So, today (Thursday, 5/9), I open up my Zoom, go to Meetings tab, and everything is back to NORMAL! Hallelujah!!! It did not say there was an update, but I don't care. Its working now... I hope they were listening to us all and won't do that again! 🙂 Whew...

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drecdevineAuthor

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Mine is still the same, unfortunately. It just started loading as "workplace" a couple of days ago. How long did you have to wait before it switched back to normal?

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Beastfan

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Three very long days!

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zujiang

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this new UI/UX design of Zoom workplace for Windows is very bad, together comes with many bugs here and there, cannot image how such a famous software with such poor quality can pass all the test and eventually gave the very bad experience to its loyal customers. a few bugs: no sound alert and pop-up window when a participant enters the waiting room, share the sound is not working with many music app, when zoom workspace is launched, other music app will lost the sound. Besides very hard to find the recurring meetings, the worst part is if you edit your recurring meeting, it will disappear from the list. No end meeting button if you are still sharing the screen ....

storyhub

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Sound alert works and is still managed in the Participant Window menu.

Share the sound works fine, it is managed slightly better. See:

https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0063608

If it appears that Zoom is overriding an app you may need to configure the audio for the output device to not take exclusive control or find other ways to manage the audio. As a sound engineer I can tell you that audio is the most complex system in most computers and there are many ways and many settings that are possible. I have never had an issue with playing background sounds in Zoom, but that may be because of the way I manage the Windows settings and the apps I use.

For the end meeting button while you are sharing go to More > show meeting windows - end button is lower right corner or you can click the X in the upper right corner and click end meeting for all.

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zujiang

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the zoom software team need to action fast to fix those bugs