Ending a 1-on-1 meeting in 15Five marks the agenda as complete and triggers carryover of any incomplete items to the next agenda. When complete, the ended meeting moves out of your active My 1-on-1s view.
Before You Begin
- You must be a direct participant in the 1-on-1. Admins and non-participants cannot end meetings on behalf of others. See Who can schedule and manage 1-on-1 meetings? for details.
- If your 1-on-1 is set to End Automatically, the End 1-on-1 button will not appear. The meeting ends at 11:59 PM on the scheduled day. See for details.
Steps
- Go to 1-on-1s in the left navigation.
- Click the name of the person whose meeting you want to end.
- Click End 1-on-1 at the bottom of the page.
- Select the date on which you held the meeting from the calendar.
- Click End.
What Happens After You End the Meeting
Agenda carryover
- Incomplete talking points transfer to the next agenda, including any comments and attachments.
- Completed talking points do not carry over.
- Incomplete action items appear under the Previous Action Items section of the next agenda, with any comments and attachments.
- Completed action items are removed from the next agenda.
- Notes from the ended session do not carry over.
Next agenda creation
Whether a new agenda is created automatically depends on the participant relationship and recurrence setting:
- Manager or direct report relationship — a new agenda is created automatically and appears on your My 1-on-1s page.
- Recurring 1-on-1 between non-manager/direct-report participants — the next agenda is generated automatically and the meeting is scheduled automatically.
- One-time 1-on-1 between non-manager/direct-report participants — you must manually schedule a new 1-on-1 to create the next agenda. See Schedule a 1-on-1 meeting (without Google Calendar) or Schedule a 1-on-1 meeting with Google Calendar.
Notifications
1-on-1 Summary (email and Slack) Approximately one hour after you end the meeting, a summary is sent to both participants. It contains all talking points, action items, and shared notes. Private notes and comments are not included. You receive this notification only if the 1-on-1s: the 1-on-1 summary and notes once the 1-on-1 has ended email or Slack notification is enabled in your notification settings.
1-on-1 Not Ended (email) If you do not end your 1-on-1 by the day after it was scheduled, a reminder email is sent with the subject line: Your scheduled 1-on-1 with [Name] was yesterday. You receive this only if the 1-on-1s: when my 1-on-1 was not ended by the day after it was scheduled email notification is enabled.
To configure notifications, see Configure company-wide notification settings.
If Something Goes Wrong
| Issue | Check | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| End 1-on-1 button does not appear | Check whether the meeting is set to End Automatically in the recurrence settings | Switch the meeting to end manually. See Switch a 1-on-1 to end manually. |
| Meeting does not appear in My 1-on-1s | Confirm you are a direct participant, not an admin viewing another user's meetings | Log in as the direct participant to end the meeting — only participants can end their own meetings. |
| No summary email received after ending | Confirm the 1-on-1s: the 1-on-1 summary and notes once the 1-on-1 has ended email notification is enabled | Enable the notification in your notification settings, then re-test by ending the next meeting. |
Not Covered Here
This article does not cover reopening an ended 1-on-1 (not possible), what carries over to the next agenda, or who can end a meeting — see the related articles below.