# Breakout rooms re-assignment without duplicates **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [July 9, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/breakout-rooms-re-assignment-without-duplicates/23717 "2020-07-09T19:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nata.givental](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/nata.givental/32/8915_2.png) [@nata.givental](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/nata.givental)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/breakout-rooms-re-assignment-without-duplicates/23717/1 "2020-07-09T19:59:50Z")
I teach a class of about 60 students, and we need to do some exercies in pairs. For that I am trying to use breakout rooms. The problem is when I need to re-assign students to a different pairs, it seems I need to recreate breakout rooms (with automatic assignment), and there’s a chance some students end up in a room with the same person they’ve already worked together. I need to do these swaps about 5 times per meeting without duplicates. It would be nice to have a feature to automatically assign particiapnts to pre-made breakout rooms uniquely during a meeting (probably as an option in a room settings). I thought I could use “pre-assigned participants to breakout rooms” feature to accomplish this task. If I understand correctly, I need to prepare as much CSV files with room assignments as there will be pair exercises, and have to restart meeting that many times. Seems pretty tricky and error-prone. Is there any other ways to achieve that? ---
**Author:** ![BigJim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/bigjim/32/12704_2.png) [@BigJim](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/BigJim)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/breakout-rooms-re-assignment-without-duplicates/23717/2 "2020-07-29T17:27:40Z")
This is critical. We have many clients who use Breakout Rooms and they must be able to eliminate duplicates when moving rooms. ---
**Author:** ![deliaclark8](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/deliaclark8/32/12901_2.png) [@deliaclark8](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/deliaclark8)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/breakout-rooms-re-assignment-without-duplicates/23717/3 "2020-08-02T14:30:45Z")
I have this identical problem. Is there a solution? Pre-loaded CSV files won’t work in my situation. ---
**Author:** ![dshumw2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@dshumw2](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/dshumw2)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/breakout-rooms-re-assignment-without-duplicates/23717/4 "2020-08-04T23:53:52Z")
Related to a previous discussion: [Addition of "round robin" feature to breakout rooms](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/addition-of-round-robin-feature-to-breakout-rooms/6039) Chrome extension not yet on the Chrome store which achieves this functionality: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-t-FtH0GW8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-t-FtH0GW8)). Caveat is that the host must use the extension and run the meeting through Zoom’s web client (Chrome) rather than desktop client. ---
**Author:** ![dshumw2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@dshumw2](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/dshumw2)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/breakout-rooms-re-assignment-without-duplicates/23717/5 "2020-10-14T16:26:58Z")
Quick update. The extension is available as a Mozilla add-on. Only the host needs to use it (not participants). Chrome has up to now rejected the extension. Online here: ([https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/zoomieroundrobin/](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/zoomieroundrobin/)). ---
**Author:** ![Neil3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/neil3/32/68909_2.png) [@Neil3](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Neil3)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/breakout-rooms-re-assignment-without-duplicates/23717/6 "2025-05-02T18:29:40Z")
It is so disappointing that they haven’t been able to figure this out. I had a meeting with about 25 people. I assigned them randomly to rooms. When it shuffled it put people in the same rooms they were just in for the last breakout. I had such high hopes for this app but the UI is horrible. Also. I’m not even sure what this forum is for. Honestly. This question came up in a Google search. How do you send feedback to zoom for things that they could fix? ---
**Author:** ![expertswho](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/expertswho/32/60945_2.png) [@expertswho](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/expertswho)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/breakout-rooms-re-assignment-without-duplicates/23717/7 "2025-05-02T20:36:32Z")
hi all I have created a zoom app to re-assign without duplicates. I have been look for ideas on how to extend it. It was not too hard to do once you understand how all the Breakout API’s work. Since I am in the UK, I can not release it with Zoom Charging. So I am not sure how I will realse it. All the best John Drinkwater