# Calling the members of a chat room
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You can call one or more members of a chat room. You can also call the entire chat room.

All calls take place in the Meetings Window. When you start a call you automatically become the meeting host, and you can use additional meeting controls. For more information, see [Starting instant meetings and calls](start-call.md) and [Hosting meetings](chime-organizer-call-controls.md). 

**To call a chat room**

1. In the sidebar, select the chat room.

1. Choose the **Select people to call** icon, to the right of the chat room name (![\[Line drawing of a phone.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/chime/latest/ug/images/icon-chat-call.png)).

1. In the **Select people to call** dialog box, choose one or more people.

   —OR—

   To call the entire room, choose **Add all room members**.

1. Choose **Start**.

If you add someone to a call by mistake, you can remove them before you start the call.

**To remove someone from a call**
+ In the **Select people to call** dialog box, choose the person you want to remove.