# Sharing screen by multiple users at the same time **URL:** \ **Category:** macOS\ **Created:** [January 4, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sharing-screen-by-multiple-users-at-the-same-time/80955 "2023-01-04T03:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rokgregoric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/rokgregoric/32/40678_2.png) [@rokgregoric](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rokgregoric)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sharing-screen-by-multiple-users-at-the-same-time/80955/1 "2023-01-04T03:08:29Z")
**Description** I would like to have the ability to share the screen by multiple users at the same time. **Additional context** When a second user starts sharing the screen, the first share screen ends automatically. ---
**Author:** ![rehema.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/rehema.zoom/32/40323_2.png) [@rehema.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rehema.zoom)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sharing-screen-by-multiple-users-at-the-same-time/80955/3 "2023-01-10T21:20:03Z")
Hi @rokgregoric , It is possible to achieve multiple shared screens at once with the Video SDK. To do so, you can subscribe multiple users to the same shareCanvas element you’re using to render the shared screen(s). When displaying users on gallery view, you should be able to see all the shared screens of those subscribed. Please let me know if this helps/works for you. Thanks, Rehema ---
**Author:** ![rokgregoric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/rokgregoric/32/40678_2.png) [@rokgregoric](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rokgregoric)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sharing-screen-by-multiple-users-at-the-same-time/80955/4 "2023-01-11T04:13:54Z")
Hi @serge.rehem , It’s not a problem of subscribing to multiple screen shares. The problem I am facing is starting a new screen share end the ongoing screen share by another user. That’s done automatically by the SDK and there is no way to control that - from what I’ve seen. Please LMK if there is anything I could do to disable this default behavior. 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![elaine.ku](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elaine.ku/32/40026_2.png) [@elaine.ku](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elaine.ku)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sharing-screen-by-multiple-users-at-the-same-time/80955/5 "2023-01-18T22:43:24Z")
Hello @rokgregoric , I would like to double-check whether you’re using our SDK sample App or your own App to do multi-user sharing. I’ve tested using our macOS sample App and Android Sample App to share at the same time. It is possible that multiple users share at once. Is there any error message that is printed on the console that can share with us? Providing the SDK log file to us can also help to check the issue. Thank you Elaine ---
**Author:** ![rokgregoric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/rokgregoric/32/40678_2.png) [@rokgregoric](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rokgregoric)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sharing-screen-by-multiple-users-at-the-same-time/80955/6 "2023-01-22T04:10:11Z")
@elaine.ku I am using my own app - not the sample app. I tried sharing from 2 browser windows (I have the SDK implemented in an JS app as well) and when userB starts sharing - userA stops sharing automatically. That happens on the web - the screen share of userA stops and I also I see the same thing logs on iOS: ```auto 05:00:42.838 🟣 [SUBSCRIBER] Share status changed 🟢 userB 05:00:42.840 🟣 [SUBSCRIBER] Share status changed 🔴 userA ``` logged from `- (void)onUserShareStatusChanged:(ZoomVideoSDKShareHelper * _Nullable)helper user:(ZoomVideoSDKUser * _Nullable)user status:(ZoomVideoSDKReceiveSharingStatus)status;` Check the time ☝ - the 2 log messages are sent 2ms apart. The same thing happens when using MacOS SDK to share the screen. ---
**Author:** ![elaine.ku](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elaine.ku/32/40026_2.png) [@elaine.ku](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elaine.ku)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sharing-screen-by-multiple-users-at-the-same-time/80955/7 "2023-02-01T00:55:02Z")
Hi @rokgregoric , Would you please try using our sample App and see whether this issue happened on our sample App? It is possible that you’ve added the restriction on your app since we’re able to have multiple users share at once on our sample app. Thank you Elaine ---
**Author:** ![rokgregoric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/rokgregoric/32/40678_2.png) [@rokgregoric](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rokgregoric)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sharing-screen-by-multiple-users-at-the-same-time/80955/8 "2023-02-01T04:04:00Z")
@elaine.ku will that that yes. I tested multiple things and our app always ends the screen share when another starts. Very annoying. We are on v1.3.2 - iOS and Mac - is it possible that’s a bug? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/sharing-screen-by-multiple-users-at-the-same-time/80955/9 "2023-03-03T14:04:01Z")
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