What’s this for?
The chat text in a Zoom meeting can be saved for future reference.
By default ICS has saving the ability to save the chat history enabled but turned off and can be be managed by the host at their discretion.
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When in meeting, click on Chat.
At the bottom of the chat window, Click on Save Chat.
This will save your chat to your local recording location. The default is your Documents folder > Zoom > Folder with meeting name, date and time.
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Auto-saving chat
Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
Click Settings.
Next to In Meeting(Basic), click Edit on the right side.
Check the option for Auto saving chats.
Click Save Changes.
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