# Cannot end on premise meeting using the ZOOM API

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cannot-end-on-premise-meeting-using-the-zoom-api/86047>\
**Category:** Meetings\
**Created:** [April 4, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cannot-end-on-premise-meeting-using-the-zoom-api/86047 "2023-04-04T17:32:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![daniel.dragomir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@daniel.dragomir](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/daniel.dragomir)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cannot-end-on-premise-meeting-using-the-zoom-api/86047/1 "2023-04-04T17:32:39Z")

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Hello,

We are using on premise accounts for creating meetings using the ZOOM API, everything works fine except that we can’t end meetings through the API and they are not ending automatically after the meeting end time passes, so the only way to end a meeting is for all the meeting users to leave the meeting which is not very convenient. From the dev forum and API documentation we found out that on premise users meetings can’t be ended through the API although this feature is available for free users so it should be available to business accounts also.

The problem is that if we can’t end the meetings we might get into situations were users have not ended their meeting and the next meeting can’t be started if we already have two meetings in progress because business accounts support max two simultaneous started meetings. This is really a big issue, is there any way that we can end the meetings automatically after the duration passes or allow on premise accounts to call the end meeting through the API?

> [@How can i change the status of a Onpremise user meeting?](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/how-can-i-change-the-status-of-a-onpremise-user-meeting/7776/10):
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> Hello! Please tell me if a solution to this error has been found. We have the same problem. Regards, Stanislav

[Zoom Meeting API](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/methods/#operation/meetingStatus) → “Can not end on-premise user’s meeting: {meetingId}.”

Thank you,

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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:** [May 1, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cannot-end-on-premise-meeting-using-the-zoom-api/86047/2 "2023-05-01T23:39:48Z")

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Hi @daniel.dragomir  
Sorry for the late reply!  
I just want to check in with you to see if you are still looking for assistance on this or if you were able to troubleshoot this?

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**Author:** ![daniel.dragomir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@daniel.dragomir](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/daniel.dragomir)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cannot-end-on-premise-meeting-using-the-zoom-api/86047/3 "2023-05-05T18:34:49Z")

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Hello @elisa.zoom ,

Yes, still looking for assistance.

Thank you!

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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:** [May 10, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cannot-end-on-premise-meeting-using-the-zoom-api/86047/4 "2023-05-10T18:39:48Z")

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Hi @daniel.dragomir  
As you shared in the previous post, this is expected behavior.  
I am unable to replicate this behavior on my end to come up with a workaround since I do not have the proper permissions in my account but I will keep looking around to come up with a workaround for your use case  
Cheers,  
Elisa