Join meetings from Gmail

Show or hide Meet in Gmail

1. On your computer, open Gmail.
2. At the top right, click Settings 👁 Image
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3. In “Quick settings,” under “Chat and Meet,” click Customize.
4. Check or uncheck Google Meet.
5. Click Done.

Create a new meeting from Gmail

1. On your computer, open Gmail.
2. On the left, click Meet 👁 and then
   New meeting.
3. Select an option:
   • To copy the meeting invite details, click Copy meeting invite 👁 Image
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   • To share the meeting details, click Send invite.
   • To open the meeting, click Start now.
     • For work or school accounts, click Join now.

Join a meeting from Gmail

Important: If you have a personal Google Account, you can only use a meeting code to join a meeting.

1. On your computer, open Gmail.
2. On the left, click Meet.
3. Click Join with a code.
   • If you have a work or school account, click Join a meeting.
4. Enter the meeting information from the organizer. This can be a:
   • Meeting nickname, like “mymeeting”
   • Code, like “abc-mnop-xyz”
5. Click Join.

Tip: Meeting codes expire. Before you join, check the expiration date of the meeting code. Learn about meeting codes in Google Meet.

Join a scheduled meeting from Gmail

1. On your computer, open Gmail.
2. On the left, click Meet.
3. Under “My meetings,” select a meeting.
4. At the top right, click Join now.

Tip: Only meetings from Google Calendar show up under “My meetings.”

Learn about other ways you can meet

In addition to Gmail, you can set up or join a meeting from:

• Meet
• Calendar
• Chat
  • In Chat, you can also start a video call to someone else. When the other person receives the call, they hear a ring. Learn how to start a video meeting or call someone in Chat.

Related resources

• Start or schedule a Google Meet video meeting
• Start a video meeting or call someone
• Add or remove a video conference from your Calendar event