Enabling and adding a co-host

Hosts can share hosting privileges with additional users during a meeting, allowing the co-hosts to manage the administrative side of the meeting, such as managing participants or starting/stopping the recording. The host is the only user who can assign a co-host during a meeting. There is no limitation on the number of co-hosts you can have in a meeting or webinar.

Note: You can’t assign a co-host ahead of time, and co-hosts can’t start meetings scheduled by the host. The host has to promote a participant to a co-host during the meeting. If you need someone else to have permission to start your meeting, you can designate an alternative host prior to the meeting.

Learn more about co-host controls in a meeting and the differences between meeting roles.

This article covers:

• Co-host limitations
• How to enable co-host
  • Account
  • Group
  • User
• How to assign a co-host during a meeting

Prerequisites for enabling and adding a co-host

• Zoom desktop app for Windows, macOS, or Linux: Global minimum version or higher
• Zoom mobile app for Android or iOS: Global minimum version or higher
• Pro, Business, Education, or Enterprise account

Co-host limitations 

Co-hosts cannot start meetings. During a meeting, co-hosts do not have access to the following controls, as they are only available to the host:

• Start closed captioning and assign someone or a third-party to provide closed captioning
• Start live streaming
• End meeting for all participants
• Make another participant a co-host
• Start waiting room (co-hosts can place participants in waiting room or admit/remove participants from the waiting room)

If a host needs someone else to be able to start the meeting, they can assign an alternative host. Learn more about co-host controls.

How to enable co-host

Account

To enable or disable the co-host feature for all users in the account:

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an administrator with the privilege to edit account settings.
2. In the navigation menu, click Account Management then Account Settings.
3. Click the Meeting tab.
4. Under In Meeting (Basic), click the Co-host toggle to enable or disable it.
5. If a verification dialog appears, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
6. (Optional) To prevent all users in your account from changing this setting, click the lock icon , and then click Lock to confirm the setting.

Group

To enable the or disable the co-host feature for a group of users:

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an administrator with the privilege to edit groups.
2. In the navigation menu, click User Management then Groups.
3. Click the applicable group name from the list.
4. Click the Meeting tab.
5. Under In Meeting (Basic), click the Co-host toggle to enable or disable it.
6. If a verification dialog appears, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
   Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at the account level and needs to be changed at that level.
7. (Optional) To prevent all users in your group from changing this setting, click the lock icon , and then click Lock to confirm the setting.

User

To enable the co-host feature for your own use:

1. Sign into the Zoom web portal.
2. In the navigation menu, click Settings.
3. Click the Meeting tab.
4. Under In Meeting (Basic), click the Co-host toggle to enable or disable it.
5. If a verification dialog appears, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
   Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at either the group or account level, and you will need to contact your Zoom admin.

How to assign a co-host during a meeting