Use Host Management & add co-hosts with Google Meet

Host Management is available to all Google Workspace Editions. When Host Management is turned on, meeting hosts can use the following safety features:

• Chat lock
• Present lock
• Audio lock
• Video lock
• End meeting for everyone
• Mute everyone

Follow along with the Co-host rollout.

Some Workspace editions can use Host Management to add up to 25 co-hosts to their Google Meet meetings. 

The following Workspace editions can add co-hosts: 

• Business Standard
• Business Plus
• Essentials
• Enterprise Starter
• Enterprise Essentials
• Enterprise Standard
• Enterprise Plus
• All Workspace for education editions

Important:

• Based on your Google Workspace edition, Host Management might be on or off by default. Host Management can be turned on or off from inside a meeting. Workspace Admins can set up defaults for their domain.
• Participants must be in the meeting to become a host. Classroom meeting hosts can make teachers co-hosts before a meeting.
• Co-hosts can turn Host Management off. Only the main host can re-enable Host Management for all other hosts.
• Participants can't be appointed or removed as co-hosts from Breakout Rooms. Participants must return to the main room to be granted hosting privileges.
• Only the main host receives meeting info, like attendance reports or polling details, but can share meeting info with other co-hosts.
• Host Management settings are saved for any recurring meetings or meetings that re-use the same meeting code. Appointed co-hosts will need to be re-appointed for any recurring meetings.
• We recommend you turn on Host Management settings before you use Breakout rooms. Settings for Host Management can’t be changed after Breakout rooms are live. This prevents the designation of co-hosts who can run Breakout rooms or use meeting safety features.
• For meetings with host management switched off, anyone inside your organization can record a meeting. To allow anyone outside your organization to record a meeting, you must promote them to a co-host.  If host management is on, only the main host and promoted co-hosts can start a meeting.

Add a co-host before a meeting starts

Important: We highly recommend that you add a co-host before the meeting starts.

Add a co-host to a new meeting

1. On your desktop browser, go to Google Calendar. 
2. At the top left, click Create.
3. In the drop down, select Event.
4. Add meeting guests.
   • If your event doesn’t have a meeting attached, click Add Google Meet video conferencing.
5. Click Video call options .
6. In the pop-up menu, turn on Host Management .
7. On the left, click Co-hosts .
8. Enter the names of the participants you want to add as a co-host.
9. Select their names from the drop down.
10. Click Save from within the pop-up menu.
11. To save the Google Calendar event, click Save

Add a co-host to an existing meeting

Important: You’ll have to be the creator of the meeting to make this change. If somebody else created the meeting then either they can add you as a co-host or transfer the meeting to you before you add co-hosts.

1. On your desktop browser, go to Google Calendar.
2. Click the event or meeting you want to add a co-host to.
3. From the pop-up menu, click Edit event .
   • If your event doesn’t have a meeting attached, click Add Google Meet video conferencing.
4. Click Video call options .
5. In the pop-up menu, turn on Host Management .
6. On the left, click on Co-hosts .
7. Enter the names of the participants you want to add as a co-host.
8. Select their name from the drop down.
9. Click Save from within the pop-up menu.
10. To save the Google Calendar event, click Save.

Use Host Management in a meeting

Turn Host Management on or off

1. On your computer, go to meet.google.com.
2. Join a meeting.
3. At the bottom right, click Host controls .
4. From the side panel that appears, switch on Host management .
5. To switch off, click Host Management Turn it off .

Add or remove a co-host

1. In a meeting, at the bottom right, click Show everyone .
2. From the “People” tab, find or search the participant’s name.
3. Next to their name, click Menu Grant host controls.

Once the new co-hosts are granted hosting privileges, the Host controls icon appears at the bottom of their screen.