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Channels

Channels are a way to organise conversations with your team.

Channels appear on the left of the Team page, above direct messages. Channels can be public or private.  

Public vs. private channels

Every channel has a visibility, public or private. 

Users can find, view, join and leave public channels, by selecting the browse channels button in the top right corner of the channels menu, as shown in the screenshot below.

Private channels are for conversations that should not be open to all users. To join a private channel a user must be invited, or have the Manage channels permission.

🔒 Messages in private channels are only visible to the users in that channel. 

Channel management

Users with the Manage channels permission, including admins, can create, and archive channels; or add and remove users from a channel.

Create

To create a channel:

  1. Select the Browse channels button on the Team page.

  2. Select the + ADD CHANNEL button inside of the channel browser.
  3. Name your channel, add a description, and select a visibility (public or pirvate).
  4. Select the MEMBERS tab at the top of the dialog, then add people to your new channel and hit SAVE.

Accounts without a Team subscription are limited to 7 unarchived channels.  

Archive

To archive a channel:

  1. Select the Browse channels button on the Team page.

  2. Select the channel you want to manage.
  3. Select the ARCHIVE button in the bottom left corner. 

To unarchive a channel:

  1. Select Admin in the bottom left corner of the app, then Channels.

  2. Select the archived channel.
  3. Select UNARCHIVE in the bottom left corner.