The Zoom Meeting app has brought great convenience to most people who need to host or attend online meetings and webinars. While enjoying the benefits that Zoom offers, some users encounter multiple errors within the application.
A common query is, "My Zoom meeting is missing from the screen or meeting list." This page will guide you through resolving this issue. Keep reading to identify the cause and find a solution to get your Zoom meetings back on track.
What should I do if my Zoom meeting disappears? First, check if you're experiencing any symptoms of a Zoom meeting app issue.
Symptoms:
Note that you don't need to know the exact reason for the Zoom meeting disappearance. Simply work your way through the solutions to successfully bring back the Zoom meeting.
Here are some quick tips you can try individually to fix the issue and see if your missing meeting reappears:
If none of the above work, try the other solutions below.
Applies to: Troubleshooting missing Zoom meetings from your screen, meeting list, or calendar.
According to some Zoom Meeting app users, their Zoom meetings have been disappearing directly from the Zoom app screen or their meeting list has gone missing. To address this issue, the Zoom Meeting support team provides an official solution:
Step 1: Open the Zoom app and look for any error notifications that pop up.
If so, capture the error message and proceed to Step 3.
Step 2. Try hosting a meeting or webinar in the Zoom Meetings app to see if the error appears.
If there is, take a screenshot of the error message, and then proceed to the next step.
Often, Zoom error messages include an error code. Make a note of this error code.
Step 3: Contact the Zoom Meeting Support team and send them a screenshot of the error message or the exact error code displayed.
Applicability: This solution addresses the issue of lost or missing Zoom meetings due to accidental deletion.
If your Zoom meeting disappeared from the app due to accidental deletion, stay right here. You can directly recover deleted Zoom recordings or meetings from the Trash:
Step 1: Launch the Zoom Meetings app, log in to your account, and click on Meetings or Webinars.
Step 2: Tap Recently Deleted to find the item you deleted.
Step 3: Select the meeting you want to recover, and click Restore.
Moreover, if the items that you delete are more than a week old, the Zoom Meetings app permanently removes them, and they cannot be recovered.
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How to Recover Deleted Zoom Recordings?
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Applies to: Locating a missing or lost Zoom meeting from your local computer.
If you've saved important Zoom meeting recordings to your computer and the files have mysteriously vanished or you accidentally deleted a Zoom meeting, don't panic. Stop using the Zoom Meetings drive or folder and don't save any new files to this location.
Then, use a reliable data recovery tool – Data Recovery Wizard to restore lost or missing Zoom meetings:
1. Firstly, check the local storage location of the Zoom meeting.
By default, Zoom meeting recordings are usually saved to the following path:
Step 2: Scan and recover disappeared Zoom meetings from the computer drive
Step 1: Run the Tool Data Recovery Wizard and select the location or device where your lost/deleted videos were. Click “Scan” to look for the lost videos.
Step 2: After the scan, choose "Video" from the left panel. Go to "Lost" or "All" tab to find the video you want. Select the found video and click "Preview".
Step 3. Select the video files you want to restore. Click “Recover” to save them to another secure location on your computer or an external storage device.
What could be causing this? Or why did my Zoom meeting disappear? Learn about the possible reasons behind it to find out why your Zoom recording is missing:
To prevent or **avoid Zoom meetings from being deleted/lost**, follow these guidelines:
On this page, we've gathered three solutions to help you resolve the Zoom meeting disappeared error online, in the app, and on your local computer.
Here, we've compiled a list of top questions frequently asked by Zoom users. Check out the questions and their corresponding answers below, and you might find what you're looking for:
1. Do recorded Zoom meetings have an expiration date?
The answer is both Yes and No.
For recorded online meetings, the expiration is based on the scheduled date if one was specified.
However, if you download a recorded meeting from Zoom to your local computer, it does not expire. You can keep the meeting video on your computer for as long as you like.
2. Where are my Zoom recording files?
3. Can you access old Zoom meetings?
The Recorded list shows all meetings that you previously recorded to the cloud or your computer. You can also view the path of the meeting.