# Waiting Room Disabling Not Working

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-disabling-not-working/83626>\
**Category:** Meetings\
**Created:** [February 23, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-disabling-not-working/83626 "2023-02-23T12:00:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![nora.bierak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nora.bierak](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/nora.bierak)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-disabling-not-working/83626/1 "2023-02-23T12:00:42Z")

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Hello there,  
I am using the zoom API: [https://zoom.us/oauth/token?grant\_type=account\_credentials&account\_id=](https://zoom.us/oauth/token?grant_type=account_credentials&account_id=)  
with the body:  
topic: `${host.name} will join you shortly`,  
type: 1,  
password: meetingPassword,  
duration: 90,  
settings: {  
waiting\_room: false,  
join\_before\_host: true,  
approval\_type: 1,  
auto\_recording: ‘none’,  
meeting\_authentication: false,  
//host\_video: false,  
participant\_video: true,  
authentication\_exception: [  
{  
name: host.name,  
email: host.email,  
},  
{  
name: guest.name,  
email: guest.email,  
}  
]  
},

As you can see I have allowed join before host and disabled waiting room, however when entering using the join URL after entering password, I am directed to the waiting room.  
I have noticed that in the response I am getting join\_before\_host: false despite setting it to true both in the request body and my account settings

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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:** [February 24, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-disabling-not-working/83626/2 "2023-02-24T21:55:20Z")

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Hi @nora.bierak  
Thanks for reaching out to the Zoom Developer Forum and welcome to our community.  
For this specific reason, make sure to enable the “Allow participants to join before host” in your account setting in able to have this applied to your meetings.

To do so, you want to log in to Zoom and go to your Admin Tab \> Account Management \> Account Settings \> “Allow participants to join before host”

 ![Screen Shot 2023-02-24 at 4.53.50 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/8/d/8d4baa6a8a57ce2bb7916dfe33a61de8c794c532.png)

Hope this helps,  
Elisa

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**Author:** ![anupam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@anupam](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/anupam)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-disabling-not-working/83626/3 "2023-08-08T20:25:53Z")

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But in my case i do not want them to open the meeting on their own, i want them to enter the room after the host has entered the room with out waiting if anyone is joining after the host has opened and started the meeting

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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:** [August 10, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/waiting-room-disabling-not-working/83626/4 "2023-08-10T21:19:48Z")

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@anupam In that case you can disable the feature allow participant to join before host and disable waiting room so participants will only be able to join once the host has started the meeting