Using Personal Meeting ID (PMI)

Your Personal Meeting Room is a virtual meeting room permanently reserved for you that you can access with your Personal Meeting ID (PMI) or personal link, if applicable. You can start instant meetings with your PMI, or you can schedule a meeting that uses your PMI.

Your Personal Meeting Room is ideal for use with people you meet with regularly. However, because it is always accessible with the same meeting ID and personal Zoom link, it should not be used for back-to-back meetings or people you do not meet with regularly. Once a participant has the link to your PMI, they can join it at any time the meeting is in use, unless you lock the meeting or use the Waiting Room feature to admit participants individually.

Learn more about customizing your PMI and personal link.

This article covers:

Prerequisites for using Personal Meeting ID

How to enable Personal Meeting ID (PMI) for Instant Meetings

You can set your Zoom profile to always use your Personal Meeting ID for instant meetings. This will lock this setting, so whether you are starting the instant meeting on the web, with the Zoom Desktop Client, or with the Zoom mobile app, it will use your Personal Meeting ID. 

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
  2. In the navigation panel, click Profile.
  3. Click Edit to the far right of Personal Meeting ID.
  4. Check Use Personal Meeting ID for instant meetings.
  5. Click Save.

How to use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) for instant and scheduled meetings

Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) for instant meetings

  1. Sign in to your desktop client.
  2. On the Meetings tab , click the downward arrow beside New Meeting.
  3. Verify Use my Personal Meeting ID (PMI) is checked.
    Note: Now when you click New Meeting again, the meeting will use your PMI.

Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) for scheduled meetings

  1. Sign in to the Zoom desktop client.
  2. On the Meetings tab , click Schedule .
  3. In the Meeting ID section, check Personal Meeting ID. 
  4. Continue selecting settings and features to complete scheduling the meeting. 

Note: When scheduling meetings with your PMI, an additional portion will be added to the join link (https://zoom.us/j/123456789?pwd=7b18950c7815jk1hg5?omn=468791raf), which is used by Zoom to distinguish this PMI session from others. This ensures the topic and other such custom details are shown accurately when starting this particular PMI session. 

Android | iOS

Make sure you are signed in to your mobile client.

Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) for instant meetings

  1. Sign in to the Zoom mobile app. 
  2. On the Meetings tab , tap New Meeting .
  3. Toggle Use Personal Meeting ID to on (green).
  4. Tap Start a Meeting.

Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) for scheduled meetings

  1. On the Meetings tab , tap Schedule .
  2. Toggle Use Personal Meeting ID to on (green).
  3. Continue selecting settings and features to complete scheduling the meeting. 

Note: When scheduling meetings with your PMI, an additional portion will be added to the join link (https://zoom.us/j/123456789?pwd=7b18950c7815jk1hg5?omn=468791raf), which is used by Zoom to distinguish this PMI session from others. This ensures the topic and other such custom details are shown accurately when starting this particular PMI session. 

Web

Make sure you are signed in to the Zoom web portal.

Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) for instant meetings

  1. Click Meetings.
  2. Click Personal Meeting Room.
  3. Click Start.
    Note: This will open up the Zoom desktop client if installed and start your PMI.
  4. Click Save.

Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) for scheduled meetings

  1. Click Meetings.
  2. Under the Upcoming tab, click Schedule a New Meeting on the far right of the page.
  3. In the Meeting ID section, Check Use Personal Meeting ID.
    Note: Make sure to provide all the necessary information for your meeting.
  4. Click Save.

Zoom Chrome | Firefox Extension

Make sure Zoom Extension for Browsers is installed.

Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) for scheduled meetings

You can only schedule meetings with your Personal Meeting ID when using the Zoom Chrome Extension. You cannot use it for instant meetings.

  1. At the top right of your Google Chrome browser, click on Zoom Chrome/Firefox icon .
  2. Sign in to the Zoom Chrome/Firefox Extension.
  3. Click Schedule a Meeting.
  4. Check Personal Meeting ID in the Meeting ID section of the Schedule Options pop-up window.
  5. Click Continue.
    Note: Make sure to provide all the necessary information for your meeting.
  6. Click Save, after finishing the invitation.

Outlook Plugin

Note: For a better experience, Zoom recommends using the Zoom for Outlook add-in (web and desktop), particularly if your organization has computers running macOS. Microsoft will be blocking injection-based plugins from running in Outlook for macOS, and only allowing add-ins available through the Microsoft store. Initially planned for June 2020, this timeline has been postponed until late 2021, to be determined by Microsoft. We recommend migrating your organization to the add-in instead of using the desktop plugin. 

Learn how to schedule using the Outlook Plugin.

  1. Click the Schedule a Meeting button.
  2. Check Use Personal Meeting ID.
  3. After selecting your other options, click Continue.
  4. Add the meeting invitees and Save or Send your invitation.

How to share your personal Zoom link for meetings

  1. Sign in to the desktop client.
  2. Click the Meetings tab .
  3. In the top-right corner, click Personal Meeting ID.
    A window will appear, displaying your personal meeting ID (PMI) details.
  4. In the window, copy your personal Zoom link for the meeting in the following ways:
    • At the top of the window, hover your mouse over the Zoom link and click the Copy icon .
    • Under Join Zoom Meeting, copy the Zoom link for the meeting.

After copying your personal Zoom link, you can paste that link into an email or share that personal link with others anywhere else.

Android | iOS

  1. Sign in to the Zoom mobile app. 
  2. Tap the Meetings tab .
  3. In the top-right corner, tap the information icon .
    Your personal meeting ID (PMI) details will appear.
  4. Under the PMI, view your personal Zoom link.
  5. Click Send Invitation , then share the personal link in the following ways:
    • Send Message: Send the Zoom link for the meeting in an SMS message.
    • Send Email: Send the meeting invitation through email. In the email invitation, under Join Zoom Meeting, you can copy the Zoom link to share with others.
    • Copy to Clipboard: Copy the Zoom link to share with others.

After copying your personal Zoom link, you can paste that link into an email or share that personal link with others anywhere else.

Web

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
  2. In the navigation menu, click Meetings.
  3. Click the Personal Room tab.
  4. To the right of Invite Link, manually copy your personal Zoom link or click the Copy icon .

After copying your personal Zoom link, you can paste that link into an email or share that personal link with others anywhere else.