How to use Zoom with Dropbox

The Zoom and Dropbox integration allows you to:

• Create and join Zoom meetings directly from Dropbox
• Instantly start a Zoom meeting from Dropbox
• Present Dropbox files in a Zoom meeting
• Message about a Dropbox file from Zoom
• Automatically save a copy of recorded Zoom meetings and transcripts to Dropbox

Connect Zoom to your Dropbox account

To connect Zoom to Dropbox, you first need to connect your Google or Outlook calendar to Dropbox. After your calendar is connected, follow the steps below to connect Zoom to your Dropbox account.

1. Sign in to dropbox.com.
2. Click the grid icon in the top-left corner.
3. Click App Center from the menu that appears.
4. Click Zoom.
   • If you don't see Zoom, use the App Center search bar. 
   • If you’re part of a Dropbox Business team and you don’t see Zoom, your admin may have disabled Zoom for your team. You’ll need to get help from your admin in order to connect to Zoom.
5. Click Connect, and follow the prompts.

Create and join Zoom meetings from Dropbox

You can create, schedule, and join Zoom meetings directly from a Dropbox file preview. 

Add Zoom to an existing meeting from a file preview on dropbox.com

1. Sign in to dropbox.com.
2. Click the name of the file you’d like to preview.
3. At the top of the file preview, click the profile picture or initials of the person you’re meeting with.
4. Click Add a Zoom Meeting.

Join an existing Zoom meeting from a file preview on dropbox.com

1. Sign in to dropbox.com.
2. Click the name of the file you’d like to preview.
3. At the top of the file preview, click the profile picture or initials of the person you’re meeting with.
4. Click Join Zoom Meeting next to the meeting you’d like to join.

Present a Dropbox file in a Zoom meeting

To present a Dropbox file in a Zoom meeting:

1. Sign in to dropbox.com.
2. Hover over the file you'd like to present and click the check box that appears on the left.
3. Click the arrow next to Share above the file thumbnail in the right sidebar.
4. Click Zoom. 
5. Click Enter Zoom Meeting ID and enter your meeting ID.
6. Click Present.

Message about a Dropbox file in Zoom

To send a message in Zoom directly from a Dropbox file preview on dropbox.com:

1. Sign in to dropbox.com.
2. Click the name of the file you’d like to preview.
3. At the top of the file preview, click the profile picture or initials of someone you're sharing the file with.
   • If you don’t see the person you want to message, click the overflow list (the circle with the number in it) and click the person you’d like to message.
4. Click the area that says Message on Zoom, and type your message.
   • If you don’t see Message on Zoom, click the downward-facing arrow and click Zoom first.
5. Click Send.

Automatically copy Zoom cloud recordings to Dropbox

If you have enabled cloud recording in Zoom, you can choose to have recordings of your meetings automatically copy to your Dropbox account.

Dropbox will copy:

• Audio and video files of meetings you create and host
• Transcripts of meetings (if you have the audio transcript setting enabled in Zoom)

Dropbox will not copy:

• Meetings that you only attended and did not create and host
• Meetings that were recorded prior to enabling the setting in Dropbox
• Local recordings in Zoom

Notes:

• Recordings are still saved to the Zoom cloud, whether or not this feature is enabled on Dropbox.
• If you are the creator and host of a meeting, the recordings will be copied to a new Dropbox folder named “Zoom” even if someone else started the recording.

To automatically copy Zoom cloud recordings to Dropbox:

1. Sign in to dropbox.com.
2. Click your avatar (profile picture or face icon) in the upper-right corner.
3. Click Settings.
4. Click the Connected apps tab.
5. Click Zoom.
6. Click Edit settings for Zoom.
7. Check the box next to Copy Zoom cloud recordings to Dropbox.
8. Click Update.

Disconnect Zoom from your Dropbox account

To disconnect Zoom from your Dropbox account:

1. Sign in to dropbox.com.
2. Click your avatar (profile picture or face icon) in the upper-right corner.
3. Click Settings.
4. Click the Connected apps tab.
5. Click Zoom.
6. Click Disconnect.