# Reason User left Meeting?

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/reason-user-left-meeting/30326>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [September 15, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/reason-user-left-meeting/30326 "2020-09-15T16:28:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![vt-zoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/71c47a/32.png) [@vt-zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/vt-zoom)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/reason-user-left-meeting/30326/1 "2020-09-15T16:28:57Z")

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**Description**  
A user can leave a meeting due to connection lost, Removal by Host/Co-Host or they leave of their own accord. From the apis and responses, we are unable to locate the reason a user left a meeting. This cause should be known to Zoom but we cannot find in the API results.

How do we determine the reason a user left a meeting?

The use case here is for forced removal in which we do not want them to re-enter but do not want to use waiting rooms as it adds friction. We also need to report on this behavior so we can determine problem participants, user actions versus connectivity issues.

**Which App Type (OAuth / Chatbot / JWT / Webhook)?**  
Webhook or API or Reporting

**Which Endpoint/s?**

> **[Participant Left - Meeting Events - Webhook Reference - API Reference](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/webhook-reference/meeting-events/participant-left)**
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> Participant Left
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> A meeting participant can leave a meeting at any time. The "Meeting Participant Left" event is triggered every time an attendee leav...

  

> **[Get Meeting Participant Reports - Reports - Zoom API - API Reference](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/reports/reportmeetingparticipants)**
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> Get participant report for a past meeting.
> Scopes: report:read:admin
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> Rate Limit Label: Heavy
> Prerequisites:
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> Pro or a higher plan.
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> Authorization
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> Flo...

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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:** [September 16, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/reason-user-left-meeting/30326/2 "2020-09-16T20:48:47Z")

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Hi @vt-zoom,

Thanks for reaching out about this, and you raise a great point.

You’re correct in that, while a participant can leave a meeting for a variety of reasons, this isn’t something we currently report on in our APIs/Webhooks. Having said that, I think this is a great suggestion, and if you’re so inclined, I’d encourage you to consider posting in #feature-requests.

Thanks again—we love to hear your feedback!  
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:** [October 17, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/reason-user-left-meeting/30326/3 "2020-10-17T06:49:05Z")

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Closed on October 17, 2020, 6:49am UTC

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