Viewing and Changing Your Zoom Host Key
This article covers how Zoom meeting hosts can view or change their host key in Zoom.
The host key is a 6-digit PIN used to claim host when calling in via telephone. View more about using your host key.
1. Log in to Zoom on the web.
2. Click on Profile.
![Zoom menu](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/278/513/original/f1abe306-f5dd-4bcc-9974-3b7d0975bee0.png)
3. Scroll down to the Host Key. Click Show to view your current Host Key.
![host key](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/278/517/original/3ce55f1e-e944-4a51-937a-3f131b2d142b.png)
4. Click Edit to change your Host Key.
![change host key](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/278/515/original/45560885-8d07-4eb6-ac85-746d7be3ece7.png)
5. Enter a new 6 digit Host Key. Click Save.
Note that Zoom will not allow you to pick a simple host key such as 123456 or 111111. You should also not use the one in the screenshot below as it is in a publicly available document.
![new host key](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/278/511/original/8314ae83-7f0b-4c3a-b355-2ca53ba656db.png)
6. You're done! You may want to click Hide to hide your new host key.
![success](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/278/519/original/618ab4c2-01d0-4a6b-88e1-bd4881688e4e.png)
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