Is it actually possible to manage multiple Zoom accounts?

Post date: 2021-04-13 12:06:32

This has been a problem for me since Covid hit, but maybe it can be solved? I basically have two Zoom accounts: home and work. Every single time I have a Zoom meeting (i.e. multiple times a day), I need to diligently sign into Zoom in my browser AND in the Zoom app. And half the time it goes wrong anyway and signs me into the wrong one. I am a confident computer user and still I cannot get to grips with the logic of Zoom. Can it be tamed?

I have two profiles in Chrome, home and work. I am usually logged into both in separate browser windows. Likewise, I have two Zoom accounts. I also switch betwen a Mac and a PC during the day, both with the same Chrome/Zoom duality, and both prone to failure.

95% of my Zoom meetings are work meetings. A lot of my troubles could be solved if Zoom stopped signing me out of my account. It seems like I need to sign in every single time. If there is a way to sign in permamently, that would be perfect. I realize that Zoom is a pain in the ass about security at this point, but in my situation I want to be 100% signed in permanently unless I explicitly switch accounts. Is this possible?

If it is not possible to be signed in permanently, what is the most efficient way to sign in on the many occasions every day when it asks you to? All of the meetings I attend I access via a Google calendar link in my browser. Invariably, I click on a link in my Google calendar only to have Zoom ask me to sign in. I select sign in via Google, thinking it will understand I mean the Google account associated with the calendar, i.e. the Google profile I've just clicked from, and half the time I end up in the wrong account. In 12+ months I haven't worked out the logic of this. It's so maddening. A precaution I often take is to go to zoom in a browser tab and sign in there as well. But this is no good either, because the app decides you're signed into a different account. So the Zoom app ignores the account you've signed into in the Chrome window where you clicked the link, instead assuming you want to be signed into an account you haven't used in days.

Please tell me how it is possible to manage this very simple issue !

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