# Invite-only Meetings

An invite-only meeting () is a type of meeting in which only the meeting creator can admit uninvited participants into the meeting. Registered users invited to the meeting are admitted to the meeting directly. A registered user is considered invited only if the meeting creator invites them to the meeting by doing either of the following:

- By clicking the Invite icon from the meetings control panel during an ongoing meeting.
- By entering their name or email address in the corresponding field while creating the meeting.

Registered users and guests who do not have an invite but want to join an invite-only meeting must wait in the waiting room and can join the meeting only after the meeting creator admits them into the meeting. For more information regarding which users will go to the waiting room, see the FAQ Who goes to the waiting room before joining a meeting?

Note:

- Only the meeting creator can allow or decline access to a user waiting in the waiting room.
- Registered users and guests without an invite admitted into the meeting are not considered invited. Every time they want to join a meeting, they must either be invited or admitted from the waiting room by the meeting creator.