Passing host controls and leaving the meeting – Zoom Help Center

Overview

As the host, you can assign the host controls to another user and leave the meeting. This allows the meeting to continue without you, and the assigned user to have host control over the meeting.

If the original host is a Licensed user, the meeting will continue to run for an unlimited time, even if the new host is a free or basic user.

If the original host is a Free or Basic user, the meeting will be limited to the 40 minute duration, even if the new host is a Licensed user.

Learn more about host controls.

Prerequisites

Host control for the meeting

Windows | macOS

Sign in to the Zoom Desktop Client.
Start a meeting as the host.
In the host controls, click End.
Click Leave Meeting.
Assign someone to be the new host, then click Assign and Leave.

Linux

Sign in to the Zoom Desktop Client.
Start a meeting as the host.
In the host controls, click End.
Click Leave Meeting.
Assign someone to be the new host, then click Assign and Leave.

Web

To pass host control to another participant

In the host controls, click Manage.
This will open the participants list.
Hover over the name of the participant you want to make the host and click More.
Click Make Host.
Click Yes to confirm that you want to make this user the host.