# Adding attendees
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Hosts, delegates, and moderators can add attendees to a meeting after it starts. For example, you can add an attendee who wasn't invited to the meeting but has expertise that you or other attendees need.

**To add attendees**

1. In the left control bar, open the **More options** menu (![An icon showing a horizontal ellipsis.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/chime/latest/ug/images/left-control-6.png)), then choose **Add attendees**. 

1. In the **Add attendees** dialog box, select the attendees that you want to add, then, choose **Add**.