Joining from specific countries/regions in zoom App

Participants from specific countries/regions can be allowed or blocked entry into a meeting according to the account owner or admin. Adding country/region access to your meeting will provide additional privacy and security for your participants if you are targeting a meeting at a particular location.

In the future, Zoom meetings will be able to use this setting. This setting should not be affected by your meetings, so you should disable it.

Enabling Approve or block entry for users from specific countries/regions

Account

All users in the account should have this security setting enabled:

1. As an admin, you can edit account settings while logged into the Zoom web portal.
2. Navigate to the Account Management section and then select Account Settings from the navigation menu.
3. Click on the Meetings tab.
4. In the Security section, make sure that the option of Approve or block user entries from specific countries/regions is checked.
5. This option can either be enabled or disabled depending on your needs. Click the Turn On button if a confirmation window displays to confirm the change.
6. Users from selected countries/regions can be allowed or blocked based on their origin.
7. Select the countries or regions you wish to allow or block in the Countries/Regions box.
8. Save your changes.
9. For extra security, you should make the locked setting mandatory for all users in your account. To do this, click the lock icon and confirm it by clicking Lock.

Group

Note:

You should notice that the Group Management page has been renamed to the Groups page if you signed up for a Zoom account after August 21, 2021; or the New Admin Experience is enabled on your account.

For a group of users to be able to use this security setting, follow these steps:

1. As an administrator with the privilege to edit groups, you will need to sign into the Zoom web portal.
2. Select User Management, then select Group Management from the navigation panel.
3. In the list of groups, select the appropriate group, then click the Settings tab.
4. Then select Meetings from the list.
5. Check whether users from specific countries/regions can be approved or blocked under Security.
6. If it is not enabled, you need to turn the switch on to enable it. You can verify this by clicking the On button.Note:
7. Changing the account level option will need to be performed if the option is grayed out.
8. If you want to block users from a certain country/region, then you must select the option Only allow users from selected countries/regions.
9. Select the countries and regions you want to be allowed or blocked in the Countries and Regions box.
10. Then click Save.You may, at your discretion, make this setting mandatory for all users in the group by clicking on the lock icon and then clicking Lock to confirm your selection.

User

If you would like to use this security setting, please follow these steps:

1. Zoom’s web portal can be accessed by signing in.
2. Select Settings from the navigation panel.
3. Select Meetings.
4. Verify in the Security tab that everyone from specific countries or regions will be approved or blocked from accessing the system.
5. Click on the toggle to enable the security setting if it is disabled. You will be prompted to verify the change by clicking the Turn On button.Note:
6. When a checkbox is grayed out, it means that it has been locked by either a group or an account administrator. The administrator for your Zoom account needs to be contacted.
7. There are two options for allowing users from certain regions or countries: Allow users from selected regions and block users from selected regions.
8. Select the countries or regions that you want to allow or block in the box next to the Countries/Regions field.
9. Then click Save.