Edit A Discussion
To edit a discussion,
Click the Room Information icon from the top-right menu to view Discussion Information.
Click Edit to edit the Discussion Information.
Update the required details.
Click Save.
Other Discussion Edit Actions
Some additional edit actions for a discussions include:
Password Access
Secure a discussion by setting up password access. It means users can only join the discussion 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 discussion.
Star Messages in Discussion
You can always star important messages in a discussion to easily find them later. Starred messages are identified by a small star ⭐ by the side.
To star a message,
Click the three-dot icon when you hover over the message. Then, select Star.
To un-star a message,
Click the three-dot icon when you hover over the message. Then, select Remove Star.
To view all stared messages,
Click on the three-dot icon of the Discussion menu bar and select Starred Messages. A list of all stared messages is displayed.
Prune Messages from a Discussion
If you are a workspace admin or are assigned the clean-channel-history permission, the prune messages option allows you to swiftly delete messages from a discussion.
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
andOlder than
fields.Exclude pinned messages: Do not delete pinned messages.
Only remove the attached files, keep messages: Delete files but not the messages.
Discussion Notifications
You can update the notification preference for a discussion you belong to. By default, a discussion notifies you whenever someone mentions you or uses the @all
mention.
To update discussion notification preferences,
Click the notification icon at the menu bar of the discussion.
The notification options include the following,
Turn ON: When set to true, enables all notification alerts for the discussion.
Mute @all and @here mentions: When enabled, the notifications will not be received for
@ll
and@here
mentions.Audio: Select whether the discussion will play a sound whenever someone mentions you or post a message on the discussion. The sound can also be customized.
Desktop: Controls notification behavior when using any desktop app or browser. Select the type of messages you want to receive desktop alerts for.
Mobile: Controls push notification behavior when using any mobile app. Select the type of messages you want to receive push notifications for.
Email: Set whether an email is sent whenever someone mentions you or posts a message. Select the type of messages you want to receive email alerts for.
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