Manage meeting access settings for your users

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As the IT administrator for your organization, you can create default access settings for meetings within your organization. Users can change these settings for meetings they create.

Select default settings for joining Meet meetings

You can set defaults for both whether people have to ask to join a meeting and whether people can join a meeting before a host. 

1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

   If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

2. Go to Menu  Apps > Google Workspace > Google Meet .

   Requires having the Service Settings administrator privilege .

3. Click Meet safety settings.
4. (Optional) To apply the setting to a department or team, at the side, select an organizational unit. Show me how 
5. Click Joining, or click Access Typeand check or uncheck the Host must join before anyone else can joinbox.
6. Click Save.Or, you might click Overridefor an organizational unit  .

   To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit(or Unset for a group).

   Changes can take up to 24 hours but typically happen more quickly.  Learn more