Managing Zoom Slides access permissions

Zoom Slides sharing enables users to share their presentations only with users within their organization or to include users from outside their organization. Account owners and administrators can Manage this option for a user or user groups, or for the entire account. In this article, you will learn how to set the default link access for newly created presentations in your account, allowing users both inside and outside your organization to access them based on this default configuration. The default behavior can be applied at the account, group, and user level.

Requirements for managing default access for Zoom Slides presentations

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How to manage default access for Zoom Slides presentations

Manage default access for Zoom Slides presentations for the entire account

This setting allows account owners or admins to manage default access for Zoom Slides presentations for all users in the account. b

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin with the privilege to edit account settings.
  2. In the top-right corner, click your profile picture or initials, then click Admin Center.
  3. In the side menu, click Settings .
  4. Click Slides.
  5. Click Zoom Slides Access to navigate to the section.
  6. Under Who can access your account's presentations, click one of the following:
  7. Click the Allow users to collaborate on other organizations’ presentations toggle to Manage the option.
    Note: If disabled, your account’s users will not be able to access presentations owned by other organizations.
  8. Under Default Access Level, click one of the following:
  9. Click Save.

Manage default access for Zoom Slides presentations for a group of users

This setting allows account owners or admins to manage default access for Zoom Slides presentations for a specific group of users. Changes apply only to users in the selected group.

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin with the privilege to edit groups.
  2. In the top-right corner, click your profile picture or initials, then click Admin Center.
  3. In the side menu, click Users .
  4. Click Groups.
  5. Click the applicable group name from the list.
  6. In the General configuration section, click Edit product settings.
  7. Click the Slides tab.
  8. Click Zoom Slides Access to navigate to the section.
  9. Click the Allow users to collaborate on other organizations’ presentations toggle to Manage the option.
    Note: If disabled, users will not be able to access presentations owned by other organizations.
  10. If a verification dialog appears, click Manage to verify the change.
  11. Under Default Access Level, click one of the following:
  12. Click Save.

Manage default access for Zoom Slides presentations for your personal account

This setting allows individual users to manage default Zoom Slides presentation access for their personal account.

You do not need admin permissions to change this setting.

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
  2. In the top-right corner, click your profile picture or initials, then click My account.
  3. In the side menu, click Settings .
  4. Click Slides.
  5. Click Zoom Slides Access to navigate to the section.
  6. Under Default Access Level, click one of the following:
  7. Click Save.