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Change the privacy of a channel

There are three types of channels in Zulip:

  • Private channels (indicated by ), where joining and viewing messages requires being invited. You can choose whether new subscribers can see messages sent before they were subscribed.
  • Public channels (indicated by ), which are open to everyone in your organization other than guests.
  • Web-public channels (indicated by ), where anyone on the Internet can see messages without creating an account.

Organization administrators and channel administrators can always make a channel private. However, they can only make a private channel public or web-public if they have content access to it:

  • They are subscribed to the channel, or
  • They have the permission to add subscribers (themselves or others) to the channel.
  1. Click on the gear () icon in the upper right corner of the web or desktop app.
  2. Select Channel settings.
  3. Click All in the upper left.
  4. Select a channel.
  5. Select the General tab on the right.
  6. Under Channel permissions, configure Who can access the channel.
  7. Click Save changes.
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