# Managing additional hosts

Users with an owner or administrator role in a group will join that group's persistent or commercial Sessions as hosts by default. However, you can also give host permissions to specific users who have a member role in the group.

## Adding additional hosts in the Enterprise Admin Portal

You can add additional hosts when you create the session or you can edit an existing session to add additional hosts. To give host permissions to a specific user who has a member role in the group, complete the following steps:

1. On the **Create** or **Edit** window for a persistent or commercial Session, in the **Additional Hosts** section, select **Add**.

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For instructions on how to find the Create or Edit window, see [creating-a-persistent-session](https://docs.engagevr.io/enterprise/enterprise-admin-portal/group-sessions/persistent-sessions/creating-a-persistent-session "mention"), [creating-a-commercial-session](https://docs.engagevr.io/enterprise/enterprise-admin-portal/group-sessions/persistent-sessions/creating-a-commercial-session "mention"), or [editing-a-persistent-session](https://docs.engagevr.io/enterprise/enterprise-admin-portal/group-sessions/persistent-sessions/editing-a-persistent-session "mention").
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2. In the **Add Members** panel, enter all or part of a user's name, username, or email address.
3. From the list of search results, select the group member that you want to give host permissions to.
4. Close the **Add Members** panel.

## Removing additional hosts in the Enterprise Admin Portal

To remove host permissions from a user, complete the following step:

* On the **Create** or **Edit** window for a Session, in the **Additional Hosts** section select the delete icon ( <img src="https://136486474-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F0HDETjRCd2UdV2BaIb1H%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-54d0d4963b4a5d7ce2fce775c6ff3cef87023b1f%2Ficon_trash.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line"> ) for the user that you want to remove permissions from.

## In a persistent or commercial Session

If you make a group member a host in a persistent or commercial Session, you add them to the list of additional hosts in the Enterprise Admin Portal. The user must be a member of the group that owns the persistent or commercial Session. If you remove host permissions from a group member in a persistent or commercial session, you remove them from the list of additional hosts in the Enterprise Admin Portal.

For instructions on how to grant host permissions to a user, refer to [Adding a co-host](https://docs.engagevr.io/engage/host-controls/adding-a-co-host) in the public documentation. For instructions on how to revoke host permissions, refer to [Removing a co-host](https://docs.engagevr.io/engage/host-controls/removing-a-co-host) in the public documentation.

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Users who aren't a member of the owning group have their host permissions removed when they leave a persistent or commercial Session.
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