# Countdown to close the meeting

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/countdown-to-close-the-meeting/46291>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [March 23, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/countdown-to-close-the-meeting/46291 "2021-03-23T04:20:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![marvieir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@marvieir](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/marvieir)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/countdown-to-close-the-meeting/46291/1 "2021-03-23T04:20:35Z")

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I need to inform to the meetings users the time that is missing to close a meeting. Is there any kind of countdown in the meeting that can be showed to the users for example when is missing 5 meetings to end a meeting?

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**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/countdown-to-close-the-meeting/46291/2 "2021-03-23T16:21:14Z")

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Hi @marvieir,

We don’t currently support the option to show a countdown, though it’s a great suggestion. One potential option you could use as a workaround would be to leverage our Webhooks, such as Meeting Started and Meeting Ended:

> **[Meeting Started - Meeting Events - Webhook Reference - API Reference](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/webhook-reference/meeting-events/meeting-started)**
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> A meeting host can start a meeting from the Zoom desktop client for Mac, PC or Linux, the Zoom app for Android or iOS, a web browser,...

> **[Meeting Ended - Meeting Events - Webhook Reference - API Reference](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/webhook-reference/meeting-events/meeting-ending)**
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> A meeting host can end a meeting for all meeting participants. 
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> The Meeting Ended event is triggered every time a meeting host ends th...

You could consider building your own kind notification via email, for instance.

That said, it’s a great suggestion—please feel free to post this in #feature-requests

Thanks,  
Will

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**Author:** ![marvieir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@marvieir](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/marvieir)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/countdown-to-close-the-meeting/46291/3 "2021-03-23T16:40:48Z")

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Thanks for your answer. My idea is to use meet end to close the meeting automatically but I would like to inform the use some minutes before ending the meeting.

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**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/countdown-to-close-the-meeting/46291/4 "2021-03-23T21:11:50Z")

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I see, thanks for clarifying @marvieir. It’s a great suggestion to offer this kind of countdown functionality—if you’d like to see this in a future version of Zoom, you might consider posting a feature request for this here: #feature-requests

Thanks,  
Will

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/countdown-to-close-the-meeting/46291/5 "2021-04-23T07:12:38Z")

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Closed on April 23, 2021, 7:12am UTC

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