# Change the host name

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/change-the-host-name/23437>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [July 7, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/change-the-host-name/23437 "2020-07-07T16:17:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/change-the-host-name/23437/2 "2020-07-09T21:30:57Z")

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> [@Change the host name](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/change-the-host-name/23349):
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> Hello, When I create a meeting through the API, I want to change the name of the host so my name doesn’t appear. My json file : ‘json’ =\> [“topic” =\> “Danse Yuga avec Faycal 2”, “type” =\> 2, “start\_time” =\> “2020-08-08T20:30:00”, “duration” =\> “30”, // 30 mins “password” =\> “202020”],“settings”=\> [ “host\_video”=\> true, “participant\_video” =\> true, “cn\_meeting”=\> true, “in\_meeting”=\> true, “join\_before\_host”=\> false, “mute\_upon\_entry”=\> false, “contact\_name” =\> “Coach Faycal”, …

-Tommy

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