Using Zoom with Dispatch

Setup, everyday use, and removal · BM Interactive Group

Dispatch is a desktop mail + calendar app for your Google account. When you connect your Zoom account, Dispatch can attach a real Zoom meeting to any calendar event you create — and keeps it in sync when the event changes. This guide covers adding, using, and removing the Zoom integration.

Adding Zoom (one-time setup)

In Dispatch, open Settings (gear icon at the bottom of the left rail).
Find Integrations → Zoom and click Connect Zoom.
Your web browser opens Zoom's sign-in and consent page. Sign in to your Zoom account and click Allow.
The browser returns you to Dispatch automatically. Settings now shows your connected Zoom account.

What Dispatch asks Zoom for, and why: create a meeting (when you add Zoom to an event), read it back (to show the join link), update it (when you reschedule), delete it (when you delete the event), and read your basic profile (to show which account is connected). Your Zoom sign-in happens with Zoom directly — Dispatch never sees your password, and tokens are stored encrypted on your computer only.

Using it day to day

Add a meeting: create or edit an event in Dispatch's calendar and choose Zoom meeting as the conferencing option. A unique join link is created and saved on the event — guests get it in their invitation.
Join: click the join link on the event; it opens in Zoom.
Reschedule: move the event and the Zoom meeting moves with it — the same link keeps working.
Delete: delete the event and Dispatch deletes the Zoom meeting too, so orphaned meetings don't pile up in your Zoom account.

Removing Zoom

In Dispatch: Settings → Integrations → Zoom → Disconnect. This deletes the stored tokens from your computer immediately. Meetings already on your calendar are left untouched.
Optionally, also revoke the app on Zoom's side: go to marketplace.zoom.us → Manage → Installed Apps, find Dispatch, and click Uninstall. This invalidates any previously issued tokens.

Troubleshooting

The browser shows an error during connect: close the tab and click Connect Zoom again — a fresh attempt issues a fresh sign-in link. Make sure you complete the newest tab if several are open.
Rescheduling shows a permissions error: disconnect and reconnect Zoom in Settings — this refreshes the permissions grant.
Anything else: see Support.