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Edit A Channel

To edit a public or private channel:

  • Click the Room Information icon from the menu bar to view the Channel information. (link channel info).
  • Click Edit to edit the Channel information.
  • Update the Channel information.
  • Click Save.

Other Channel Edit Actions

Some additional edit actions for a channel include:

Password Access

Secure a channel by setting up password access. It means users can only join the channel with a valid password.

Hide System Messages

Select the Rocket.Chat action alerts to hide. For example—"Hide User Joined messages" will hide the alert that displays in the chat whenever a new user joins the channel.

Hide or Leave a Channel

  • To Hide or Leave a channel, click the three dots icon next to the delete button on the Channel Information page.
  • Select Hide or Leave from the dropdown options.
  • To unhide a channel, you may search for it in your Rocket.Chat workspace.

Alternatively, enter the command /part or /leave in the message input box to leave that channel.

{% hint style="warning" %} A channel owner can not leave a channel until they set someone else as the owner of that channel. {% endhint %}

Prune Messages from a Channel

If you are a server admin, or your admin has given you the clean-channel-history permission, the prune messages option allows you to delete messages from a channel swiftly.

{% hint style="info" %} Pruned messages and files are deleted forever and cannot be recovered. You are advised to use this feature with extra caution. {% endhint %}

To prune selected messages, fill in these fields:

  • Newer than: Deletes all messages posted after a particular date.
  • Older than: Deletes all messages posted before a particular date.
  • Users: Allows you to specify which user's message to delete. Add a username, and the user's messages are deleted.
  • Inclusive: Deletes all messages that were sent at the specified start and end times you have specified in the Newer than and Older than fields.
  • Exclude pinned messages: Do not delete pinned messages.
  • Only remove the attached files, keep messages: Delete files but not the messages.

Channel Notifications

You can update the notification preference for a channel you belong to. By default, a channel notifies you whenever someone mentions you or uses the @all mention.

To update channel notification preferences,

  • Click the three dots icon at the menu bar of the channel.
  • Select Notification Preferences.

The notification options include the following:

  • Turn ON: Choose whether to receive alerts or not.
  • Mute @all and @here mentions: Mute alerts whenever you are mentioned in the channel.
  • Mark As Unread: Display the channel as unread when there are unread messages.
  • Audio: Select whether the channel will play a sound whenever someone mentions you or post a message on the channel. The sound can also be customized.
  • Desktop: Controls notification behavior when using any desktop app or browser.
  • Mobile: Controls push notification behavior when using any mobile app.
  • Email: Set whether an email is sent whenever someone mentions you or posts a message.