# Hosting Hyperdrives

You can help keep other people's hyperdrives online by contributing bandwidth. This is called "hosting."

To host a drive, visit the drive and click on the peer count on the right side of the address bar. You will see a toggle. Switch it to the green "on" state.

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You can turn off hosting by toggling the button again.

## Managing hosted hyperdrives

To see the drives you're currently hosting, open a new tab and click on the ellipsis icon underneath your pinned bookmarks. Then click on the "Hosting" link.

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You can stop hosting drives in that listing by right-clicking on them and selecting "Stop hosting."

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