
There’s no limit on how many times you can do this, so in theory, you could spend many hours in one meeting, albeit with breaks every 40 minutes.

Everyone can now join the new meeting and the 40-minute timer will restart Before everyone else has left the original meeting, start a new one using the same joining information.You’ll be prompted to choose a new host – anyone will be fine.At this point, the host should choose Leave Meeting (not End for All!) Once the call gets close the official 40-minute limit, a countdown clock will appear in the meeting window.Copy this and send it to all your potential participants.All the info about the meeting will appear, including the all-important ID and joining link.


This is probably the most frustrating thing about Zoom, but it acts as an incentive for people to pay for a subscription. That’s the same restriction that has always applied for anywhere between three and 100 participants. Once that mark has been reached, everyone will be kicked out of the call. But in May 2022, the company announced it would now be limited to 40 minutes.

Zoom’s free tier used to allow two participants to stay in a meeting for up to 24 hours.
