# Adding Alternative host for existing recurring meeting

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/adding-alternative-host-for-existing-recurring-meeting/91686>\
**Category:** iOS\
**Created:** [July 12, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/adding-alternative-host-for-existing-recurring-meeting/91686 "2023-07-12T12:50:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![dec.cluskey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/dec.cluskey/32/50184_2.png) [@dec.cluskey](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/dec.cluskey)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/adding-alternative-host-for-existing-recurring-meeting/91686/1 "2023-07-12T12:50:36Z")

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I have a recurring Toastmasters International meeting every 2nd and 4th Thursday. I cannot attend this week and wish to have an alternative host but Google help is not understandable [I am totally computer literate]. Please … does anyone have a simple 1,2,3 instruction that works?

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**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/adding-alternative-host-for-existing-recurring-meeting/91686/2 "2023-07-13T21:14:13Z")

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Hi @dec.cluskey  
Thanks for reaching out to us!  
Could you please share with me how are you trying to add an alternative host? Are you using our REST API? or are you doing this through the Web Portal?

If you are doing this via API, you should be able to update the meeting that you can not attend using the Patch Update a meeting endpoint:

> **[Zoom Meeting API](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/methods/#operation/meetingUpdate)**
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> API Reference for /docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/methods