Manually Join a Breakout Session as a Participant

Note: All participants must have the newest version of Zoom (or version 6.4.6 as of 5/7/2025) downloaded to their desktop or mobile app to enable participants to choose their own breakout room. Download the latest version of Zoom here.

Choose a Breakout Room

  1. From your Zoom session, select the “Breakout Rooms” icon from the navigation bar.
    screenshot of the Zoom menu bar with the Breakout rooms tooltip visible
    screenshot of Zoom with the 'Breakout rooms - In progress' and 'Join Room' dialogs open
  2. Select “Join” for the room you would like to access. Next select “Yes”
  3. Once you have selected “Yes”, you will be taken into your selected breakout room
    screenshot of the Joining Room screen in Zoom
  4. To join to another room, select “Breakout Rooms” on the navigation bar
    screenshot of what the Zoom menu bar looks like when in a Breakout room
  5. A window with all the breakout rooms will be listed
  6. You will see which room you are currently assigned to
  7. Select “Join” to the right of the room you would like to join
  8. To leave your breakout room and return to the main session, select “Leave room” from the bottom navigation bar
    screenshot of the Zoom menu with the 'Leave room' option highlighted

To learn more about Zoom Breakout Sessions see here.