# How to Use the Host Key to Claim Host Role in Zoom

[Join](https://ws.learn.ac.lk/wiki/ZoomInstWorkshops/zoomguide/joinmeeting) the Zoom meeting. Click on Participants<sup>1</sup>, Check if you have the host role <sup>2</sup>. If not, click on the Claim Host button <sup>3</sup>.

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Then enter the Host Key and click on Claim Host.

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Check if you have the host role assigned.

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