change-the-privacy-of-a-channel.md

Change the privacy of a channel

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Channels can be web-public, public or private, and private channels can have shared or protected history. See channel types and permissions for details on channel privacy settings.

As an organization administrator, you can always make a public channel private, but you must be subscribed to a private channel in order to make it public.

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1. Select a channel.

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1. Under Channel permissions, configure Who can access the channel.

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1. Tap Channel settings.

2. Tap Edit channel.

3. Tap Privacy, and configure Who can access the channel.

4. Tap Save.

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**Warning**: Be careful making a private channel public. All past messages
will become accessible, even if the channel previously had protected history.

Related articles

• Channel permissions
• Channel posting policy
• Configure who can administer a channel