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.

A channel owner can not leave a channel until they set someone else as the owner of that channel.

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.

Pruned messages and files are deleted forever and cannot be recovered. You are advised to use this feature with extra caution.

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.

Last updated

Rocket.Chat versions receive support for six months after release.