This guide provides detailed instructions on the various channel management options available within Rocket.Chat. The actions that you can take depend on your assigned permissions.
View or edit channel information
To view or edit a channel’s information,
Click the Room Information icon from the menu bar to view more details about the channel.
Click the Hide button to hide a channel from the list in the left sidebar. If someone sends a message to that channel, it will be displayed again on the left sidebar. To unhide a channel, search for it using the Directory icon.
Click the Edit button to update the channel information and avatar.
Under Advanced settings, you can enable the Hide system messages option to hide system messages and select the messages you want to hide. For example, the User joined option hides the message displayed when a new user joins the channel.
Enable Allow Reacting to allow members to react to messages in a read-only channel.
To set an automatic pruning retention policy for the channel, see Per-room policies.
Click the Delete button to delete the channel.
A channel owner can not leave a channel until they set someone else as the owner of that channel.
You can also enter the command
/partor/leavein the message input box to leave a channel.If you using the mobile app, tap the channel name to access the channel options.
Other channel options
In addition to editing a channel, you can perform various other actions in the menu bar to effectively manage and interact within a channel. For details, refer to Room Options.
You can also convert the channel to a team or add an existing channel to a team. For details, see Manage Team Channels.
For options to manage channel members, refer to the Manage Room Members document.
You can also assign members different room roles to manage communication and collaboration effectively. For details, see the Room Roles document.