Learn about meeting codes in Google Meet

Each meeting is given a unique meeting code. Codes expire based on what product the meeting is created from. You can create meetings from:

• Google Calendar
• Google Chat
• Google Classroom
• Gmail
• Google Meet breakout rooms
• THe Google Meet homepage – meet.google.com
• A Google meeting room device
• Google Nest
• Other third-party software. For example, Outlook

Tip: For the best experience, use Google Meet with Google Calendar. If you create Google Calendar events with Google Meet codes in Apple Calendar or other calendar apps, a new meeting code might be generated automatically to ensure the privacy and security of your meeting. You will receive an email notification if this happens. To manage meeting links, use the Google Calendar app for iPhone or iPad or go to calendar.google.com.

Check when your code expires

To make sure that you don't join a meeting with an expired code and to better plan for the future meetings that you create, check when meeting codes expire.

Meetings started in Google Calendar

Meeting codes expire when these conditions are met:

• The meeting code hasn’t been used for 80 days.
• The meeting code isn’t associated with any future calendar events.

Tip: If a code is generated in another product and then pasted on a Calendar invite, that meeting isn't a Calendar-generated meeting. The code expires based on the product in which the meeting is created.

Meetings started from Google Chat

Meeting codes expire 365 days after last use.

Meetings started in Google Classroom

Meeting codes expire 365 days after last use.

Meetings started from Gmail

Meeting codes expire 365 days after last use.

Meetings started from breakout rooms in Google Meet

Whenever you create breakout rooms, each room is assigned a unique meeting code. These rooms expire instantly once the main meeting ends.

Meetings started from the Google Meet homepage (meet.google.com)

Meeting codes expire 365 days after last use.

Meetings started from meeting room hardware

Meeting codes expire instantly once all users leave the meeting.

Meetings started in Google Nest

Meeting codes generated by speaking to your Nest device and saying 'Hey Google, start a meeting' expire 365 days after the last use.

Meeting codes generated by starting a meeting after tapping on the Nest display expire 365 days after the last use

Workspace users in the beta program only: Meeting codes generated by the usage of meeting nicknames expire instantly once all users have left the meeting.

Meetings started from other third-party programs like Outlook

Meeting codes expire 365 days after last use. If someone uses the code within the 365-day window, it adds another 365 days.

Meetings with Google Workspace nicknames

Important: Only Google Workspace users can create meetings with nicknames.

Meeting codes expire instantly once all users leave the meeting.

How to create nicknamed meetings in Google Meet